Negotiating Boundaries Between "Religious" and "Secular" : A Struggle for the Sense of Collectivity Among Ambedkarite Buddhists in Maharashtra
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F23%3A00132648" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/23:00132648 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.globalbuddhism.org/article/view/3840" target="_blank" >https://www.globalbuddhism.org/article/view/3840</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.26034/lu.jgb.2023.3840" target="_blank" >10.26034/lu.jgb.2023.3840</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Negotiating Boundaries Between "Religious" and "Secular" : A Struggle for the Sense of Collectivity Among Ambedkarite Buddhists in Maharashtra
Original language description
Since the first mass conversion of Dalits to Buddhism in 1956, followers of B. R. Ambedkar's vision have propagated Buddhism throughout India, creating various activist networks across, but not limited to, Maharashtra. Despite their aspirations for socio-political change and emancipation for marginalized communities experiencing caste discrimination, Ambedkarite Buddhists have faced challenges in mobilization and organization since the demise of Ambedkar. This article addresses the struggle of building a sense of collectivity within the Ambedkarite Buddhist population, offering insights from the perspective of young Ambedkarite Buddhists in Mumbai. The ethnographic study primarily focuses on interpreting the Ambedkarite Buddhist tradition and its position within the broader Buddhist framework and delves into the divergence in efforts to emplace Buddhism on the "religious-secular" spectrum among practitioners. The article aims to provide an interpretation of the challenges faced by the Ambedkarite Buddhists in pursuing a unified front for effecting social change in contemporary India.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60304 - Religious studies
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Global Buddhism
ISSN
1527-6457
e-ISSN
1527-6457
Volume of the periodical
24
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
64-82
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85180501968