Western Foundations of the Caste System - Couverture rigide

 
9783319387604: Western Foundations of the Caste System
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 331938760X ISBN 13 : 9783319387604
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Martin Fárek is the Head of the Department for the Study of Religions, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic.

Dunkin Jalki is the Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Humanities and the Social Sciences, SDM PG College, Ujire, India.

Sufiya Pathan is Associate Professor at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Humanities and the Social Sciences, SDM PG College, Ujire, India.

Prakash Shah is a Reader in Culture and Law, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

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Éditeur
Palgrave Macmillan
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
331938760X
ISBN 13 
9783319387604
Reliure
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Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
285
Éditeur
Fárek Martin, Jalki Dunkin, Pathan Sufiya, Shah Prakash
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9783319817439: Western Foundations of the Caste System

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ISBN 10 :  3319817434 ISBN 13 :  9783319817439
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
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