Political Theology: Text and Practice in a Dalit Panther Community
- 1 May 1993
- journal article
- Published by Duke University Press in Journal of Asian Studies
- Vol. 52 (2) , 320-339
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2059650
Abstract
The bharatiya dalit panthers is an organization of Maharashtrian Dalits (ex-Untouchables) who have converted to Buddhism and adopted as their long-range political goal the establishment of a democratic socialist state. The ideology of the Panthers, embodied in their texts and practices, synthesizes threads of Buddhist and Marxist philosophies. Longstanding debates about the supposed incompatibility of Buddhism and Marxism pose questions regarding the conjunction of religion and politics in popular movements, the role of popular texts in constituting ideologies of resistance, and the ways texts and beliefs become transformed into actions.Keywords
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