Format:
1 Online-Ressource (302 Seiten)
ISBN:
9780226823898
Content:
The story of how the Indian reformer Bhimrao Ambedkar reimagined John Dewey’s pragmatism. In The Evolution of Pragmatism in India, Scott R. Stroud delivers a comprehensive exploration of the influence of John Dewey’s pragmatism on Bhimrao Ambedkar, architect of the Republic of India’s constitution. Stroud traces Ambedkar’s development in Dewey’s Columbia University classes in 1913–1916 through his final years in 1950s India when he rewrote the story of Buddhism. Stroud examines pragmatism’s influence not only on the philosophical ideas underpinning Ambedkar’s fight against caste oppression but also how his persuasive techniques drew on pragmatism’s commitment to reconstruction and meliorism. At the same time, Stroud is careful to point out the ways that Ambedkar pushed back against Dewey’s paradigm and developed his own approach to challenges in India. The result is a nuanced study of one of the most important figures in Indian history
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226823881
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226824321
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Stroud, Scott R., 1976 - The evolution of pragmatism in India Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2023 ISBN 9780226823881
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226824321
Language:
English
DOI:
10.7208/chicago/9780226823898.001.0001
