The interpretation of caste/ Declan Quigley
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 305.5 QUI/T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 08/02/2021 | P03399 |
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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.
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