{"id":"https://openalex.org/W590736210","doi":null,"title":"Dr. Ambedkar and Untouchability: Fighting the Indian Caste System","display_name":"Dr. Ambedkar and Untouchability: Fighting the Indian Caste System","publication_year":2005,"publication_date":"2005-04-06","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W590736210","mag":"590736210"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"mag:590736210","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA86933609","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null},"volume":null,"type":"book","indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5081612679","display_name":"Christophe Jaffrelot","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8019-0398","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8019-0398"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Christophe Jaffrelot","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8019-0398","affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5081612679"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.5345,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":89,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.91958707,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12949","display_name":"South Asian Studies and Diaspora","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12949","display_name":"South Asian Studies and Diaspora","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13902","display_name":"Indian History and Philosophy","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11563","display_name":"Indian and Buddhist Studies","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1212","display_name":"Religious studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/b-r-ambedkar","display_name":"B. R. Ambedkar","score":0.9819999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/untouchability","display_name":"untouchability","score":0.9919999837875366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/caste-system","display_name":"caste system","score":0.9729999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dalits","display_name":"Dalits","score":0.8180000185966492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-reform","display_name":"social reform","score":0.7889999747276306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mahatma-gandhi","display_name":"Mahatma Gandhi","score":0.6159999966621399},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/constitution-of-india","display_name":"Indian Constitution","score":0.7670000195503235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/religious-conversion","display_name":"religious conversion","score":0.6000000238418579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electoral-strategy","display_name":"electoral strategy","score":0.8149999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/maharashtra","display_name":"Maharashtra","score":0.5920000076293945}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779509574","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484416","display_name":"Caste","level":2,"score":0.9678207635879517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158573231","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126692","display_name":"Pragmatism","level":2,"score":0.5792235136032104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.5072728991508484},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.4372759461402893},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158154518","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7310970","display_name":"Relevance (law)","level":2,"score":0.42857879400253296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36289849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34749","display_name":"Social science","level":1,"score":0.4051016569137573},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.3762351870536804},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.15511032938957214},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.11244800686836243},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.09470295906066895}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"mag:590736210","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA86933609","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"score":0.7699999809265137,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/10","display_name":"Reduced inequalities"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1585138787","https://openalex.org/W2097011662","https://openalex.org/W7127188761","https://openalex.org/W4229449029","https://openalex.org/W3083941973","https://openalex.org/W2946985490","https://openalex.org/W7216212039","https://openalex.org/W4907580","https://openalex.org/W7217482486","https://openalex.org/W7222402191"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"1:":[0],"Maharashtra,":[1],"between":[2],"social":[3],"reform":[4],"and":[5,15,42,53],"anti-brahmin":[6],"mobilization2:":[7],"Ambedkar,":[8],"son":[9],"of":[10,31,50,55],"a":[11],"Mahar":[12],"soldier3:":[13],"Analysing":[14],"ethnicizing":[16],"caste":[17],"(to":[18],"eradicate":[19],"it":[20],"more":[21],"effectively)4:":[22],"In":[23,29],"the":[24,45],"political":[25],"arena,":[26],"against":[27],"Gandhi5:":[28],"quest":[30],"an":[32],"electoral":[33],"strategy6:":[34],"To":[35],"oppose":[36],"or":[37],"to":[38],"collaborate?:":[39],"Ambedkar's":[40],"pragmatism":[41],"resilience7:":[43],"Shaping":[44],"Indian":[46],"constitution8:":[47],"The":[48],"solution":[49],"conversion9:":[51],"Impact":[52],"relevance":[54],"Ambedkar":[56],"todayConclusionChronology":[57]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":25},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":21},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-10-25T09:29:13.331239","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}