Being Adivasi by Abhay Xaxa & Ganesh N. Devy

Author:Abhay Xaxa & Ganesh N. Devy [Xaxa, Abhay & Devy, Ganesh N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789354923159
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Published: 2021-11-29T08:00:00+00:00

Concluding Remarks

This essay has provided a broad overview of the trajectories of contemporary Adivasi politics and highlighted a necessity for taking up issues on a joint platform. In the past, conventional political discourse has seen class-based and Adivasi identity politics as antithetical to each other. However, the social and political reality is far more complex than the one presented by this polarized discourse and the systemic tendencies of semi-proletarianization have structured this duality in politics. But as argued here, the multifarious manifestations of neo-liberal policies have also created diverse forms of Adivasi politics with different social basis. It is therefore important to distinguish between identity-based struggles which have been led by those who are situated within the working class and those whose motive has been to get incorporated within the current power structure. Further, the culturally exclusive character of Adivasi politics is also hegemonic and camouflages the inequalities within Adivasi society. On the other hand, non-culturally exclusive class politics has had to come to terms with the persistence of identity-based politics by adopting a more nuanced approach towards it. This collaboration has been facilitated by the intensifying communal polarization and economic crisis, leading to the transformation of Adivasi politics, both class and identity based. Such a development is not only positive, but also essential to take on an authoritarian and neo-liberal government and the challenges that it poses to all progressive forces within the country.

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