Akeel Bilgrami Akeel Bilgrami, in his recent essay attempting to unpack Gandhi's views on caste, frames the approach as one grounded in a view of the pre-modern, pre-capitalist society as distinctly different from viewing the members of society as merely constituents of an economy. This, he argues is the key to understanding the evolution of Gandhi's stance on caste. This instructive essay is, in some ways, an elaboration of his interview to Frontline in 2018 , where he mused on the tension inherent in the slogan: Liberté, égalité and fraternité, and the points at which the Marxian and Gandhian outlook towards this tension, overlap and distinctly depart from one another. The crux of Gandhi's conundrum that folks across the political spectrum can relate to is what Bilgrami succinctly states thus: to retain caste was to resist the market ideal that undermined traditional social relations by setting up the freely saleable labour of at
நல்ல தகவல்.
ReplyDeleteஇல்லாட்டி கல்லை எடுத்து கீழே போட்டு கீழே இருப்பவனுக்கு தலைவலியை கொடுத்திருப்பார்கள் நம்மவர்கள்.!
தமிழை முழுவதுமாக கற்றுக்கொள்ளவே காலம் போதாது
ReplyDeleteWhere did you read this? Versatile Thamizh! So much to learn. Really kartradhu kaiyalavu only.
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Meens அதைத் தான் தமிழ்த்தாத்தா அசந்தர்ப்பம் என்று மென்மையான சொற்தேர்வால் உணர்த்துகிறார்.
ReplyDeleteamas32 - currently reading the book mentioned in the post. It is a compilation of a series of lectures U.VE.SA gave in Madras University.
A sparkle of poker faced humour in the middle of a scholarly discourse.
நல்லதொரு பகிர்வு
ReplyDeleteDon't know how I missed this one. Lovely humour.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I have also read his essay wherein he tells how a tribe sings, "பீமசேன மவராசன் மரதேபூ மரதேபூ டிங்கினானே டிங்கினானே" for "மரத்த புடுங்கினானே"