Western Foundations of the Caste System

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...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Fárek, Martin (Editor), Jalki, Dunkin (Editor), Pathan, Sufiya (Editor), Shah, Prakash (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
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
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319387611
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-38761-1
Physical DescriptionXI, 274 p. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Caste Studies and the Apocryphal Elephant; Martin Farek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan andPrakash Shah
  • 2. Caste-Based Reservation and Social Justice in India ; S.N. Balagangadhara
  • 3. Are there Caste Atrocities in India? What the Data Can and Cannot Tell Us; Dunkin Jalki and Sufiya Pathan
  • 4. Dissimulating on Caste in British Law; Prakash Shah
  • 5. Were Shramana and Bhakti Movements Against the Caste System?; Martin Farek
  • 6. A Nation of Tribes and Priests: The Jews and the Immorality of the Caste System Jakob De Roover
  • 7. The Aryans and the Ancient System of Caste; Marianne Keppens
  • 8. Afterword; Martin Farek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan and Prakash Shah.

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