Dear Ranju No, textualising Gandhi critically is not reading Gandhi as 'ideology' at all. The former is a more complicated exercise which involves deconstructing Gandhi to reveal the instability at the heart of this edifice with its semblence of stability. But I'm more interested in historicising Gandhi's political techniques -- which I believe will reveal a number of borrowing and redeployment to savarna ends. I think this should be an ongoing exercise, and the Ambedkarite moment is a crucial historical beginning which we should carry on, and if it was never discussed in the seminar, it is not only unpardonable but outright bizarre.
That's why I do think the people in chengara are engaged in precisely 'anti-Gandhian satyagraha'. In some of my recent work, I've tried to show how the 'welfarist resolution of the caste question' in Kerala was almost the exact replica of the Gandhian resolution, not just in political positions but even in techniques. This is something the CPM can't stomach, though it is part of their history. I can share this writing with anyone who'dbe interested to read it; it is yet to be published. Would love to get your feedback on it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
