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Subalternity and religion : the prehistory of Dalit empowerment in South Asia / Milind Wakankar.

By: Wakankar, MilindMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Intersections: colonial and postcolonial historiesPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 202 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780415778787 (pbk)Subject(s): Religion and social status -- India -- Historiography | Dalits -- Historiography | Dalits -- Social conditions | Dalits -- Religious lifeDDC classification: 200.86940954 Other classification: 15.75 Online resources: Contributor biographical information
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction: The question of a prehistory -- Subalternity at the cusp : limits and openings in the Dalit critique -- Moral rite before myth and law : death in comparative religion -- The time of having-found (God) : languages of Dalit hearsay -- The vicissitudes of historical religion -- The anomaly of Kabir : historical religion in Dwivedi's Kabir -- The pitfalls of a Dalit theology : DR Dharmvir's critique of Dwivedi -- System and history in Rajwade's grammar for the Dnyaneswari -- The prehistory of historical religion -- The suspension of iconoclasm : myth and allegory in the time of deities -- Miracle and violence : the allegorical turn in Kabir, Dnyaneswara, and Tukaram -- Deity and Daivat : the transfiguration of the folk in Tukaram.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction: The question of a prehistory -- Subalternity at the cusp : limits and openings in the Dalit critique -- Moral rite before myth and law : death in comparative religion -- The time of having-found (God) : languages of Dalit hearsay -- The vicissitudes of historical religion -- The anomaly of Kabir : historical religion in Dwivedi's Kabir -- The pitfalls of a Dalit theology : DR Dharmvir's critique of Dwivedi -- System and history in Rajwade's grammar for the Dnyaneswari -- The prehistory of historical religion -- The suspension of iconoclasm : myth and allegory in the time of deities -- Miracle and violence : the allegorical turn in Kabir, Dnyaneswara, and Tukaram -- Deity and Daivat : the transfiguration of the folk in Tukaram.

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