Book title
The Indian Civil Sphere
Caste, Incivility, and the Prospects of Civil Repair
Abstract
The chapter basically argues that, despite backlashes at every stage in their claims to equality and social justice, Dalits and Dalit movements are continuously engaged in civil repair efforts. The Dalits have currently extended their struggles taking it forward to critiquing dominant cultural texts and creating new cultural understandings as efforts to remake the social and as an ongoing process of civil repair towards the creation of a more open and democratic society.
Recommended Citation
Gorringe H and Damodaran K, ‘Caste, Incivility, and the Prospects of Civil Repair’, The Indian Civil Sphere (2025)
Publisher
Polity Books
Year
2025
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