The Oxford Handbook of Caste

By:

Jodhka, Surinder S [Editor]

Contributor(s):

Naudet, Jules [Editor]

Material type:

TextSeries: Oxford handbooksPublisher: New York: Oxford University Press, 2023Description: xx, 660pISBN:

9780198896715

Subject(s):

Sociology -- Caste

DDC classification:

305.5122 JOD/O

Contents:

1.Conceptual Frames 2. History, State and The Shaping of Caste 3. Caste and the Religious Realm 4. Local Power and the Political process 5. Community Profile and Regional Trajectories

Summary: "'Caste' invokes tradition, a remnant of the ancient past. According to this popular view, caste was a closed system of hierarchy and it was/is unique to South Asia. It presumably tied everyone to the social collective that they were born into, with no individual choice of occupation, mobility, or marriage. Privileges and statuses were all pre-given, with no one ever questioning the social order. This notion of caste also claimed that the source of its origin and legitimacy lay in the religious cosmos of the Hindus, who practised it as a matter of dharma or faith. The traditional order thus persisted without any change and reproduced itself for ages in the spatial universe of its innumerable village communities"-- Provided by publisher.

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	Reference Books	Central Library, Sikkim University Reference		Reference Collection		305.5122 JOD/O (Browse shelf(Opens below))				C1	Not For Loan			053857
	Reference Books	Central Library, Sikkim University Reference		Reference Collection		305.5122 JOD/O (Browse shelf(Opens below))				C2	Not For Loan			053858

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1.Conceptual Frames
2. History, State and The Shaping of Caste
3. Caste and the Religious Realm
4. Local Power and the Political process
5. Community Profile and Regional Trajectories

"'Caste' invokes tradition, a remnant of the ancient past. According to this popular view, caste was a closed system of hierarchy and it was/is unique to South Asia. It presumably tied everyone to the social collective that they were born into, with no individual choice of occupation, mobility, or marriage. Privileges and statuses were all pre-given, with no one ever questioning the social order. This notion of caste also claimed that the source of its origin and legitimacy lay in the religious cosmos of the Hindus, who practised it as a matter of dharma or faith. The traditional order thus persisted without any change and reproduced itself for ages in the spatial universe of its innumerable village communities"-- Provided by publisher.

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