Volume II,Issue IV, March 2026
Volume-II, Issue-IV, March, 2026 |
Received: 25.03.2026 | Accepted: 27.03.2026 | ||
Published Online: 31.03.2026 | Page No: | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.2.issue.04W. | |||
অজ্ঞানতা থেকে আত্মপরিচয়: দলিত ও নারী চেতনার জাগরণে ফুলের দর্শন
সংযুক্তা পান, গবেষক, দর্শন বিভাগ, সিকম স্কিলস বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়,পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
From Ignorance to Self-Identity: Phule’s Philosophy in the Awakening of Dalit and Women’s Consciousness Sanjukta Pan, Research Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Secom Skills University, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
This article focuses on the life philosophy and social
reform struggles of the nineteenth-century reformers Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai
Phule. The central inquiry of the paper is to examine how so-called religious
and social “ignorance” binds marginalized communities within chains of
oppression, and how education and rational consciousness enable them to attain
a strong sense of “identity.” Drawing upon Jyotirao Phule’s seminal work Gulamgiri
and Savitribai Phule’s Kavya Phule, the article analyzes the awakening of Dalit
and women’s consciousness.
The study demonstrates that Phule’s philosophy was not
limited to mere literacy; rather, it represented a structural revolution that
built a powerful resistance against the parallel systems of oppression—caste
hierarchy and patriarchy. Finally, the paper discusses the continuing relevance
of this philosophy in the context of contemporary social and gender
inequalities in India. | ||
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