Jyotiba Phule: A Modern Indian Philosopher
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Edition
1st.ed.
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ISBN
8192570211, 9788192570211
Length
xiv+128p., 22cm.
Subjects
Caste conflicts ruled the roost in the nineteenth-century India. It housed many social evils like untouchability, discrimination against women and the underprivileged, and sati. Education was the prerogative of the mighty Brahmins and the upper-class society, resulting in the perennial exploitation of the backward classes, women, farmers and widows. Jyotiba Phule (1827 90) dawned as the saviour of the weaker sections. Defying diktats and intimidations, he got ...
