हिंदुत्व - मुक्त भारत : दलित-बहुजन, सामाजिक-आध्यात्मिक वैज्ञानिक क्रांतीवरील चिंतन / कांचा आइलैय्या कृत
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TextPublication details: New Delhi : Sage publications, 2017Edition: 1stDescription: xxix, 304 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9789385985430 (pbk)Subject(s): Hinduism -- Social aspects -- India | Brahmanism -- Social aspects -- India | Dalits -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 294.517 Summary: Kancha Ilaiah, the author of the best selling book Why I am Not a Hindu, pens a thought-provoking critique of Brahmanism and the caste system in India, while anticipating the death of Hinduism as a direct consequence of, what he says is, its anti-scientific and anti-nationalistic stand. This work challenges Hinduisms̀ interpretation of history, with a virulent attack on caste politics, and also takes a refreshing look at the necessity of encouraging indigenous scientific thought for the sake of national progress. It establishes Hinduism as a backwards ̀religion that suppresses the latent science.
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Post-Hindu India : a discourse on Dalit-Bahujan, socio-spiritual and scientific revolution.
Kancha Ilaiah, the author of the best selling book Why I am Not a Hindu, pens a thought-provoking critique of Brahmanism and the caste system in India, while anticipating the death of Hinduism as a direct consequence of, what he says is, its anti-scientific and anti-nationalistic stand. This work challenges Hinduisms̀ interpretation of history, with a virulent attack on caste politics, and also takes a refreshing look at the necessity of encouraging indigenous scientific thought for the sake of national progress. It establishes Hinduism as a backwards ̀religion that suppresses the latent science.
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