1st Edition
Opposition and Challenges B.R. Ambedkar and Malcolm X
By Bidyut Chakrabarty
Copyright 2026
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
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Presenting a unique East meets West subaltern history of the twentieth century, this book juxtaposes the political lives and ideas of B. R. Ambedkar and Malcolm X, homing in on their respective struggles against caste and racial discrimination. Despite the differences in their backgrounds, the two thinkeractivists had significantly overlapping worldviews, shaped by their experiences of... Read more
Preface viii
Introduction 1
1 Critique of exploitation: Intellectual roots 12
2 Two rebels in two hemispheres 49
3 Conversion as a mode of protest 86
4 Lonely fighters with contrarian views and defiant practices 116
5 In the struggle for dignity – redesigning humanism 149
Conclusion 182
Bibliography 194
Index 199
Biography
Bidyut Chakrabarty is former Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. Before he was appointed Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati in 2018, he served the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, India, for more than three decades. He has published in many areas of Political Science.
