{"product_id":"dalit-feminist-theory-a-reader-paperback","title":"Dalit Feminist Theory: A Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSunaina Arya\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAakash Singh Rathore\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDalit Feminist Theory: A Reader\u003c\/em\u003e radically redefines feminism by introducing the category of \u003ci\u003eDalit\u003c\/i\u003e into the core of feminist thought. It supplements feminism by adding caste to its study and praxis; it also re-examines and rethinks Indian feminism by replacing it with a new paradigm, namely, that caste-based feminist inquiry offers the only theoretical vantage point for comprehensively addressing gender-based injustices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a variety of disciplines, the chapters in the volume discuss key themes such as Indian feminism versus Dalit feminism; the emerging concept of Dalit patriarchy; the predecessors of Dalit feminism, such as Phule and Ambedkar; the meaning and value of lived experience; the concept of \u003ci\u003eDifference\u003c\/i\u003e; the analogical relationship between Black feminism and Dalit feminism; the intersectionality debate; and the theory-versus-experience debate. They also provide a conceptual, historical, empirical and philosophical understanding of feminism in India today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccessible, essential and ingenious in its approach, this book is for students, teachers and specialist scholars, as well as activists and the interested general reader. It will be indispensable for those engaged in gender studies, women's studies, sociology of caste, political science and political theory, philosophy and feminism, Ambedkar studies, and for anyone working in the areas of caste, class or gender-based discrimination, exclusion and inequality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSunaina Arya is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, where she is completing a dissertation on feminist philosophy from a Dalit perspective. She earned her MPhil and MA from the same centre. She received an Honourable Mention in the Blue Stone Rising Scholar Prize (2019) by The Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA, and is founding member of Global Dalit Change Makers, an initiative of the India China Institute, The New School, New York City, USA. She has been a resource person for lectures, public talks, workshops, podcasts and webinars in India and abroad. Her area of research includes social and political philosophy of B. R. Ambedkar, philosophy and psychology, and the philosophy of social sciences. Her recent publications include 'Dalit or Brahmanical Patriarchy? Rethinking Indian Feminism' (2020), 'Theorising Gender in South Asia: Dalit Feminist Perspective' (2020) and 'Ambedkar as a Feminist Philosopher' (forthcoming). She has edited (with Ashok Gurung) the Gender special issue of \u003ci\u003eCASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAakash Singh Rathore is a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, and an International Fellow of the Centre for Ethics and Global Politics-LUISS, Rome, Italy. He has taught at Jawaharlal Nehru University and other universities, including Delhi, Toronto, Berlin, Rutgers and Pennsylvania. He is the author of eight books, including \u003ci\u003eIndian Political Theory \u003c\/i\u003e(2017), \u003ci\u003ePlato's Labyrinth \u003c\/i\u003e(2018), \u003ci\u003eA Philosophy of Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), and \u003cem\u003eAmbedkar's Preamble: A Secret History of the Constitution of India\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), and is chief editor of \u003ci\u003eB. R. Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice\u003c\/i\u003e (5 volumes). He is the series editor of \u003cem\u003eRethinking India\u003c\/em\u003e (14 volumes, forthcoming) and editor of its first volume, \u003cem\u003eVision for a Nation\u003c\/em\u003e (with Ashis Nandy). Among his other forthcoming works are \u003ci\u003eB. R. Ambedkar: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Mind and Muscle\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also an Ironman triathlete, and has finished five Ironman triathlons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724103422015,"sku":"9780367278250","price":120.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d34e9588d320ac6f79e40948449b8908.webp?v=1765101497","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/dalit-feminist-theory-a-reader-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}