Download or read book Selected Writings of Jotirao Phule written by Jotīrāva Govindarāva Phule and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jotirao Phule (1827?1890) was India?s first systematic theorist of caste, and the most radical 19th-century opponent of it, who desired nothing less than a complete smashing up of its oppressive structure. This volume makes available for the first time all his most important prose writings in English.At the centre of Phule?s thought and analysis are Gulamgiri (Slavery) and Shetkaryacha Asud (Cultivator?s Whipcord), both included in this volume in their entirety. Also included are Phule?s deposition to the Hunter Commission on Education; his response to the Parsi social reformer Malabari?s notes on ?Infant Marriage and Enforced Widowhood?; his letter to M.G. Ranade regarding the Marathi Author?s Conference; his stirring defence of Pandita Ramabai in two numbers of the journal Satsar; and selections from The Book of the True Faith. All translations have been specially commissioned for this richly annotated volume, and the Editor?s Introduction places Phule?s life, work, and thought, as well as each text included in this volume, in historical perspective.