{"product_id":"indian-philosophy-indian-revolution-on-caste-and-politics-hardcover","title":"Indian Philosophy, Indian Revolution: On Caste and Politics - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDivya Dwivedi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eShaj Mohan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn their brave and challenging book, grounded in political science and the Continental philosophical tradition, Divya Dwivedi and Shaj Mohan engage with the resurgence of upper-caste supremacism in India and its justification via the legacy of 'the Aryan doctrine' and Hindu nationalism.\u003cbr\u003eTheir essays were written from 2016 to 2023, when India's democratic institutions were subverted and caste-based oppression overflowed into public space--killing and menacing the lower castes of all religions, minorities, women, students and the media.\u003cbr\u003eThis book chronicles the ascending oppression of democracy in India, a veritable biography of authoritarianism. Dwivedi and Mohan reject simplistic accounts of India's politics as the opposition between 'Hindu majoritarian nationalism' and 'the religious minorities', or between 'Hindu fundamentalism' and 'religious pluralism'. They propose instead a genuinely transformative account of Indian politics, grounded in political philosophy and in the lower- caste majority position.\u003cbr\u003eWhat does revolution mean where the constitutional promise of equality is betrayed daily by the millennia- old inequality of caste? What does politics mean where religion serves as the justification for descent- based enslavement and indignity? Revolution has only one sense in India, the annihilation of caste; and 'citizen' has only one sense, the people of the state shedding caste and racism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivya Dwivedi is a philosopher based in India, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, and co-founder of the journal \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy World Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the co-author with Shaj Mohan of \u003cem\u003eGandhi and Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e. Shaj Mohan is a philosopher based in India, publishing on metaphysics, technology and history of philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 333\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50472893710573,"sku":"9781911723233","price":59.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/indian-philosophy-indian-revolution-on-caste-and-politics-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}