Bharath Kumar
Biographic Data
| ID | 6335626 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bharath Kumar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bharath |
| FAMILY NAME | Kumar |
| SIGNATURE | KUMAR B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-6966-2267 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
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Self-reclamation as Epistemic Resistance
This article reinterprets Professor Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya’s (KCB) idea of svaraj as an act of epistemic manumission. Manumission, etymologically from Latin manus (hand) and mittere (send), means to set free. It is introduced in the article as a decolonial metaphor that reframes svaraj as a self-authorized freedom. In this context, it is a wilful repossession of self-knowledge as resistance to colonial epistemic domination. The article argu…
Aditya Nigam. Decolonizing Theory
B. R. Ambedkar on the Practice of Public Conscience
This article discusses the importance of ‘public conscience’ in B. R. Ambedkar’s political thought. Ambedkar consistently defended public conscience as a democratic value in his writings and speeches. Public conscience referred to collective responsibility, social justice and the public deliberation of what constitutes the social good. Ambedkar consistently expressed the unequivocal belief that public conscience would bring about a moral transfor…
All Human Beings are of Equal Status Since Birth”
Focusing on caste-based oppression, B.R. Ambedkar made a universal claim for human equality and dignity which appeared long before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Taking the case of the Mahad movement, we argue that Ambedkar developed a significant egalitarian approach by pointing out how the caste system perpetuated existing inequalities. This article, specifically, aims to explore two central questions: first, what was the central fo…
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All Human Beings are of Equal Status Since Birth”
Focusing on caste-based oppression, B.R. Ambedkar made a universal claim for human equality and dignity which appeared long before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Taking the case of the Mahad movement, we argue that Ambedkar developed a significant egalitarian approach by pointing out how the caste system perpetuated existing inequalities. This article, specifically, aims to explore two central questions: first, what was the central fo…
Aditya Nigam. Decolonizing Theory
B. R. Ambedkar on the Practice of Public Conscience
This article discusses the importance of ‘public conscience’ in B. R. Ambedkar’s political thought. Ambedkar consistently defended public conscience as a democratic value in his writings and speeches. Public conscience referred to collective responsibility, social justice and the public deliberation of what constitutes the social good. Ambedkar consistently expressed the unequivocal belief that public conscience would bring about a moral transfor…
Self-reclamation as Epistemic Resistance
This article reinterprets Professor Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya’s (KCB) idea of svaraj as an act of epistemic manumission. Manumission, etymologically from Latin manus (hand) and mittere (send), means to set free. It is introduced in the article as a decolonial metaphor that reframes svaraj as a self-authorized freedom. In this context, it is a wilful repossession of self-knowledge as resistance to colonial epistemic domination. The article argu…
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Philosophy (4 works) · Indian History and Philosophy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Caste (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Oppression (2 works)