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100			_aStroud, Scott R. _952462
245			_aB. R. Ambedkar and the evolution of pragmatism in India
260			_aEconomic & Political Weekly
300			_a60(4), Jan 25, 2025: p.47-54
520			_aIt is well known that B R Ambedkar had great respect for John Dewey, a prominent American pragmatist philosopher and his sometime teacher at Columbia University. Yet no one knows much about what Ambedkar heard in Dewey’s courses, what books he read from the prolific Dewey, or what he saw as useful to appropriate or change, and what he resisted, in Dewey’s philosophy. This paper surveys the relationship between Ambedkar and Dewey and argues that there are clear and evidenced points of engagement—and resistance—between their forms of philosophy. In showing this complex reception of Dewey’s pragmatism, this paper reveals a new way of talking about Ambedkar—as a new entry into the diverse range of figures associated with the global pragmatist tradition.- Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/4/special-articles/b-r-ambedkar-and-evolution-pragmatism-india.html
773			_aEconomic & Political Weekly
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