{"product_id":"annihilation-of-caste-the-annotated-critical-edition-paperback","title":"Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eB. R. Ambedkar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArundhati Roy\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eS. Anand\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"What the \u003ci\u003eCommunist Manifesto \u003c\/i\u003eis to the capitalist world, \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation of Caste\u003c\/i\u003e is to India.\" --Anand Teltumbde, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Persistence of Caste \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe classic work of Indian Dalit politics, reframed with an extensive introduction by Arundathi Roy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e B.R. Ambedkar's \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation of Caste \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the most important, yet neglected, works of political writing from India. Written in 1936, it is an audacious denunciation of Hinduism and its caste system. Ambedkar - a figure like W.E.B. Du Bois - offers a scholarly critique of Hindu scriptures, scriptures that sanction a rigidly hierarchical and iniquitous social system. The world's best-known Hindu, Mahatma Gandhi, responded publicly to the provocation. The hatchet was never buried. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Arundhati Roy introduces this extensively annotated edition of \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation of Caste \u003c\/i\u003ein \"The Doctor and the Saint\u003ci\u003e,\" \u003c\/i\u003eexamining the persistence of caste in modern India, and how the conflict between Ambedkar and Gandhi continues to resonate. Roy takes us to the beginning of Gandhi's political career in South Africa, where his views on race, caste and imperialism were shaped. She tracks Ambedkar's emergence as a major political figure in the national movement, and shows how his scholarship and intelligence illuminated a political struggle beset by sectarianism and obscurantism. Roy breathes new life into Ambedkar's anti-caste utopia, and says that without a Dalit revolution, India will continue to be hobbled by systemic inequality.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1891 into an \"Untouchable\" family of modest means. One of India's most radical thinkers, he transformed the social and political landscape in the struggle against British colonialism. He was a prolific writer who oversaw the drafting of the Indian Constitution and served as India's first Law Minister. In 1935, he publicly declared that though he was born a Hindu, he would not die as one. Ambedkar eventually embraced Buddhism, a few months before his death in 1956. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eArundhati Roy \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/i\u003e. Her recent political writings include \u003ci\u003eListening to Grasshoppers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBroken Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCapitalism: A Ghost Story\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eS. Anand \u003c\/b\u003eis the publisher of Navayana, an independent press in New Delhi. He is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAmbedkar: The Fight for Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, a graphic biography, and has annotated this edition of \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation of Caste\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770155401504,"sku":"9781784783525","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0406d4552219ab28d2209b4ec9376d00.webp?v=1780366006","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/annihilation-of-caste-the-annotated-critical-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}