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This book provides a radical alternative to prevailing theories of caste which either build on indigenous rationalizations of the Brahman's supremacy or reduce hierarchy to material factors. Drawing on a wide range of historical and ethnographic sources as well as four years fieldwork, Declan Quigley proposes a comparative approach which locates caste-organized communities in the context of complex agrarian societies generally. At the heart of caste, he argues, there is a tension between the centralizing forces of kingship with its associated ritual and the decentralizing forces of kinship. Dr Quigley believes that it is this tension, rather than Brahminical ideology, which generates the characteristic patterns of hierarchy and the preoccupation with purity and pollution. In making kingship central to the explanation of caste, this book calls for a considered re-examination of the theory of caste proposed by A.M. Hocart over half a century ago, and offers a wide-ranging comparative interpretation of facts which have until now eluded satisfactory explanation. This book should be of interest to teachers and students of anthropology and sociology, particularly of South-East Asia; and students of comparative social structures and of general anthropological theory.
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The Interpretation of Caste (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
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The interpretation of caste / Declan Quigley
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1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 184 pages: illustrations; 23 cm. Contents: 1. The Problem Before Dumont -- The Entrenched View of Caste -- The Word 'Caste' -- Is Caste an Orientalist Construct? -- 2. Dumont's Theory of Caste -- Epistemology and Sociology -- The Distinctiveness of Caste -- Status, Power, and Encompassment -- The Structuralist Interpretation of Caste -- Dumont's View of Empiricism -- Dumont's Critique of His Critics -- 3. The Problem With Dumont's Solution -- Why the Problem is not Simply about Caste -- The Sociological Bridge between Traditional and Modern Societies -- Power and Legitimacy -- Structuralism -- 4. The Pure Brahman and the Impure Priest -- The Ideal Brahman in the Real World -- Priests and 'Others' as Vessels of Inauspiciousness -- The Limits of Transcendence -- 5. Caste and Kinship -- Hypergamy -- Isogamy -- Hierarchy and Endogamy -- 6. Caste and Kingship: Hocart's Theory -- Kings and Priests -- Problems with Hocart's Theory -- The Ideologies of Caste -- 7. The Courts of Kings and Washermen -- A Model of Caste Systems -- The Explanation of Caste. Subjects: Caste Southeast Asia. Caste Asia, Southeastern. South Asia Social conditions. India Social conditions. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 354238
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The interpretation of caste / Declan Quigley
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Oxford New York: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press, 1993
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1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 184 pages: illustrations; 23 cm. Contents: 1. The Problem Before Dumont -- The Entrenched View of Caste -- The Word 'Caste' -- Is Caste an Orientalist Construct? -- 2. Dumont's Theory of Caste -- Epistemology and Sociology -- The Distinctiveness of Caste -- Status, Power, and Encompassment -- The Structuralist Interpretation of Caste -- Dumont's View of Empiricism -- Dumont's Critique of His Critics -- 3. The Problem With Dumont's Solution -- Why the Problem is not Simply about Caste -- The Sociological Bridge between Traditional and Modern Societies -- Power and Legitimacy -- Structuralism -- 4. The Pure Brahman and the Impure Priest -- The Ideal Brahman in the Real World -- Priests and 'Others' as Vessels of Inauspiciousness -- The Limits of Transcendence -- 5. Caste and Kinship -- Hypergamy -- Isogamy -- Hierarchy and Endogamy -- 6. Caste and Kingship: Hocart's Theory -- Kings and Priests -- Problems with Hocart's Theory -- The Ideologies of Caste -- 7. The Courts of Kings and Washermen -- A Model of Caste Systems -- The Explanation of Caste. Subjects: Caste Southeast Asia. Caste Asia, Southeastern. South Asia Social conditions. India Social conditions. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 354238
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The Interpretation of Caste (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
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The Interpretation of Caste
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orig.cloth. 22x14cm, viii,184 pp. "This book provides a radical alternative to prevailing theories of caste which either build on indigenous rationalizations of the Brahman's supremacy or reduce hierarchy to material factors. Drawing on a wide range of historical and ethnographic sources as well as four years fieldwork, Declan Quigley proposes a comparative approach which locates caste- organized communities in the context of complex agrarian societies generally. At the heart of caste, he argues, there is a tension between the centralizing forces of kingship with its associated ritual and the decentralizing forces of kinship. Dr Quigley believes that it is this tension, rather than Brahminical ideology, which generates the characteristic patterns of hierarchy and the preoccupation with purity and pollution. In making kingship central to the explanation of caste, this book calls for a considered re-examination of the theory of caste proposed by A.M. Hocart over half a century ago, and offers a wide-ranging comparative interpretation of facts which have until now eluded satisfactory explanation. This book should be of interest to teachers and students of anthropology and sociology, particularly of South-East Asia; and students of comparative social structures and of general anthropological theory" - publisher's description. Somer minor rubbing. Light binding corner bumps. VG., dustwrapper. N° de réf. du vendeur 024908
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