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What is identity politics? Discuss the main trends in Dalit movements in India.

  • UPSC 2021
  • 20 marks
  • Social Movements in Modern India

Identity politics is mobilisation around a shared ascriptive or experiential identity — caste, race, gender, religion — in which the demand is not only a larger share of resources but public acknowledgement of the group's worth. Charles Taylor ("The Politics of Recognition", 1992) argued that misrecognition is itself oppression, since identity is dialogically formed and…

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  • Main trends in Dalit movements
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