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

By: Wakankar, Milind.
Series: Intersections (London, England): 2.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xii, 202 p.).ISBN: 9780203859650 (ebk : PDF).Subject(s): Religion and social status -- India -- Historiography | Dalits -- Historiography | Dalits -- Social conditions | Dalits -- Religious lifeGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification: 200.86940954 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; Also available in print edition.
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 (p. [195]-199) 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.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.