God as Political Philosopher: Buddha’s Challenge to Brahminism
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In this provocative and scholarly book, Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd propounds a view of Gautama Buddha as India’s first social revolutionary. Buddha did his best to give the principles of tribal democracy and egalitarianism a sanctuary in his own sangha.
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In this provocative and scholarly book, Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd propounds a view of Gautama Buddha as India’s first social revolutionary. Buddha did his best to give the principles of tribal democracy and egalitarianism a sanctuary in his own sangha.
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In this provocative and scholarly book, Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd propounds a view of Gautama Buddha as India’s first social revolutionary. Buddha did his best to give the principles of tribal democracy and egalitarianism a sanctuary in his own sangha. In so doing, he foreshadowed modern India’s experiment with parliamentary democracy. Critical of the caste system, Buddha inducted low caste members into the sangha and made them his trusted advisers. He gave women an honoured place in the sangha. Dissent was indeed permitted and even Buddha was not above the law. Pre-dating Socrates and Plato by some years, Buddha also foreshadowed key elements of their philosophy.
| Author: | Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9789353282592 |
| Publisher: | SAGE, Samya |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 260 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Edition: | First |
| Condition: | New |
| Country of Origin: | India |
About the Author
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd retired recently from being Director, Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy at Maulana Azad National Urdu University. He has received the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule award, 2000. He is chairman of Telangana Mass and Social Organizations (T-Mass) that works for English-medium education. Among his best-known books are Why I Am Not a Hindu: A Sudra Critique of Hindutva Culture, Philosophy and Political Economy; Buffalo Nationalism: A Critique of Spiritual Fascism Untouchable God; and Post-Hindu India: A Discourse in Dalit-Bahujan, Socio-Spiritual and Scientific Revolution.
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