Subalternity and religion: the prehistory of Dalit empowerment in South Asia

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 --...

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Published in:Intersections
Main Author: Wakankar, Milind (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London [u.a.] Routledge 2010
In: Intersections (2)
Edition:1. publ.
Series/Journal:Intersections 2
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B India / Paria / Religion
B Bhakti
B Kabir 1440-1518
B Tukaram
B Jñānadeva 1275-1290
B Maharashtra / Folk religion
Further subjects:B Dalits Social conditions
B Christianity and culture South Asia
B Religion and social problems South Asia
B Dalits South Asia Social conditions
B Dalits Historiography
B Dalits Religious life
B Dalits South Asia Religion
B Religion and social status (India) Historiography
B Marginality, Social Religious aspects Christianity
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Summary: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
Item Description:Literaturverz. S. [195] - 199
ISBN:0415501989