Western Foundations of the Caste System

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fárek, Martin. (Editor), Jalki, Dunkin. (Editor), Pathan, Sufiya. (Editor), Shah, Prakash. (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Religion and sociology.; Imperialism.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Cultural studies.; Historical sociology.; Ethnicity.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319387611
• Physical Description: XI, 274 p. online resource.

This book argues that the dominant descriptions of the 'caste system' are rooted in the Western Christian experience of India. Thus, caste studies tell us more about the West than about India. It further demonstrates the imperative to move beyond this scholarship in order to generate descr...