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The Romance of Global Justice? Sen’s Deparochialization and the Quandary of Dalit Marxism |
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Aakash Singh Rathore |
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The Global Justice debate is currently parochial (that is, a monological, predominantly Anglo-
American exercise) and romantic (that is, academic and privileged/elitist, out-of-touch with
ground realities, and yet self-satisfied and glib). However, Amartya Sen’s The Idea of Justice
provides a valuable framework for deparochializing the debate. This paper argues, nevertheless,
that Sen does not go far enough: a foray into the quandary of Dalit Marxism—a case wherein
global justice and social justice may be antagonistic rather than complimentary—reveals that
though not parochial, Sen’s conception of (global) justice remains rather romantic. |
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