Introduction : a global measure -- Spirits of satyagraha : a history of force -- Sacrifices : against the mystical foundation of authority -- Apotheosis of the unequal (1931) : Gandhi's harijan -- Freedom at the limits of the state : Annihilation of caste (1936) and constituent power -- Fascism, mastery, and measure -- A sunnyata proper to justice : Ambedkar, friendship, and finitude -- Epilogue : equality and its others
Summary
Focusing on two foundational thinkers of the twentieth century, M.K. Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar, this book examines how they radically adapted the secular, humanistic concept of equality to the struggle against empire in the Indian context
