Synopsis
The collected works of the architect of India's constitution, attacking caste oppression and defending constitutional democracy as the path to emancipation.
Core passage idea
Paraphrase · Modern copyrighted workCaste is not merely a division of labor but a graded inequality that must be annihilated for any real democracy or human dignity to exist.
It makes the abolition of caste a precondition of democracy, fusing social justice with constitutional and political reform.
To avoid a bubble
Pair with John Rawls, A Theory of Justice.
Reading note
Vast and varied; read by theme, pairing the constitutional arguments with the polemics against caste and Hindu orthodoxy.
Best paired with
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice