Western Foundations of the Caste System (1st ed. 2017)

Synopsis

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 descriptions of Indian social reality. The dominant descriptions of the ‘caste system’ that we have today are results of originally Christian themes and questions. The authors of this collection show how this hypothesis can be applied beyond South Asia to the diasporic cultures that have made a home in Western countries, and how the inheritance of caste studies as structured by European scholarship impacts on our understanding of contemporary India and the Indians of the diaspora. This collection will be of interest to scholars and students of caste studies, India studies, religion in South Asia, postcolonial studies, history, anthropology and sociology.

Copyright:

2017

Book Details

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783319387611

Related ISBNs:

9783319387604

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

Date of Addition:

03/14/24

Copyrighted By:

Springer

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Sociology

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Edited by:

Martin Fárek

Edited by:

Dunkin Jalki

Edited by:

Sufiya Pathan

Edited by:

Prakash Shah