改信佛教与贱民的身份重构——安倍德卡尔的新佛教思想的内涵和意义

Converted to Buddhism and Identity Reconstruction of the Indian Dalits——the Connotation and Meaning of Ambedkar's New Buddhism

为使印度贱民摆脱受压迫的命运,安倍德卡尔带领印度贱民改信佛教,并创立新佛教为贱民提供思想指导,其新佛教表现为理性、科学、现代的思想体系,安倍德卡尔运用历史构建的方法,为贱民获得了一个新的宗教身份,从而获得新的政治和社会的身份,实现了对印度教的反叛。

In order to help India＇s dalits to escape the fate of the oppressed, Ambedkar led dalits to convert to Buddhism, and he created a new Buddhism to provide guidance for dalits＇ thought. The new Buddhism was an ideological system which was rational, scientific and modern. Using the method of historical construction, Ambedkar acquired a new religious identity thereby got a new political and social status for dalits, and realized the rebels against Hinduism.