![]() This early essay introduced a theme that is yet to be explored in all its detail – the reproduction of the caste order, and the logic that sustains it. His student work bears the impress of a range of readings, including on caste and ancient Indian history and it is evident that the inequity of the caste order, as well as the existential suffering it imposed on people were matters of deep concern to him. ![]() Lecture 2: Caste: A New Vocabulary (Lecture 2 Collated Readings Material)Ĭhronologically speaking, ‘Castes in India’ inaugurated Ambedkar’s conceptual reckoning with the caste order. It concludes by considering how Ambedkar has come to be viewed since his passing on, and the many different lines of scholarship and inquiry that have since emerged: from an enumeration of his ideas on a range of subjects, from his ‘geographical imagination’ to his constitutive radicalism, which is to be understood not only in terms of a putative dissenting, insurrectionary left politics, but with respect to the ‘radical’ moments in his thought, as such. Natarajan’s Indian Social Reformer and with political philosophies and arguments in political economy, which were legion in liberal, socialist and communist circles in the first quarter of the 20th century. This lecture places Ambedkar in context, in the long duration of modern Indian political and economic developments, and particularly within traditions of thought and practice that we associate, among others with a persistent line of anti-caste thinkers, including Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and Iyothee Thass a tradition of Indian liberal thought, whose best exponent was M G Ranade a tradition of social reform represented by the All India Social Conference and which was supported by a journal such as K. Lecture 1: Ambedkar in His Time and Ours: An Introduction Participants are also welcome to read essays marked in blue before the lecture in question. Depending on the participant’s time, one could go on to read either list, after the lectures. All other essays are part of the long reading list, which includes two book-length works, Thoughts on Pakistan and The Buddha and His Dhamma. The short reading list for the course comprises essays marked in blue. If anyone wishes to access the Tamil texts, she will upload details of those volumes as well. ![]() She has referenced the English volumes, but there are Tamil translations of all volumes available on. These comprise extracts from Ambedkar’s writings (available on ). She has a reading list that goes with the lectures. She will be speaking in English, but if anyone wishes to respond in Tamil or would like her to repeat some things she says in Tamil, she will be happy to do so as well. In addition, she will take questions at the end of the lecture. Participants are free to stop at any point and ask questions and clarifications. And perhaps there can be a slot for reflections, questions, etc, bringing the total number of lectures to 10.Įach lecture will last for 45-60 minutes. So in effect, she intends to deliver 9 lectures. Of the 6, three lectures comprise two parts (Part 1 & Part 2) each. This teach-in adopts a historical as well as a thematic approach to understanding Ambedkar’s life and work. The Question of the Economy: Untouchables, Labour, Socialism (Part 2)īuddhism and the Annihilation of Caste (Part 1)īuddhism and the Annihilation of Caste (Part 2) The Question of the Economy: Untouchables, Labour, Socialism (Part 1) Listen to all 10 Lectures on YouTube Schedule: (US Pacific Daylight Time)Īmbedkar in His Time and Ours: An IntroductionĬaste, Untouchability and Democracy (Part 1)Ĭaste, Untouchability and Democracy (Part 2)Īmbedkar’s Critique of Brahmanism and Nationalism (Part 1)Īmbedkar’s Critique of Brahmanism and Nationalism (Part 2) Please share your feedback here after attending every lecture in this series. (More Timezones: Visit to figure out the corresponding local time for your country or city) ![]() INDIA: 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM (India Standard Time) + next day USA Eastcoast: 9:30 PM to 10:30 PM (US East Daylight Time) USA Cental: 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM (US Central Daylight Time) USA Westcoast: 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM (US Pacific Daylight Time) ![]()
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