Subalternity and religion : the prehistory of Dalit empowerment in South Asia - Wakankar, Milind (Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010)
Preface -- Introduction: The question of a prehistory -- Subalternity at the cusp : limits and openings in the Dalit critique -- Moral rite before myth and law : death in comparative religion -- The time of having-found (God) : languages of Dalit hearsay -- The vicissitudes of historical religion -- The anomaly of Kabir : historical religion in Dwivedi's Kabir -- The pitfalls of a Dalit theology : DR Dharmvir's critique of Dwivedi -- System and history in Rajwade's grammar for the Dnyaneswari -- The prehistory of historical religion -- The suspension of iconoclasm : myth and allegory in the time of deities -- Miracle and violence : the allegorical turn in Kabir, Dnyaneswara, and Tukaram -- Deity and Daivat : the transfiguration of the folk in Tukaram.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Religion and social status -- India -- Historiography; Dalits -- Historiography; Dalits -- Social conditions; Dalits -- Religious life