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The Resource Western Foundations of the Caste System, edited by Martin Fárek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan, Prakash Shah, (electronic resource)

Western Foundations of the Caste System, edited by Martin Fárek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan, Prakash Shah, (electronic resource)

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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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  • 1. Introduction: Caste Studies and the Apocryphal Elephant; Martin Farek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan andPrakash Shah
  • 2. Caste-Based Reservation and Social Justice in India ; S.N. Balagangadhara
  • 3. Are there Caste Atrocities in India? What the Data Can and Cannot Tell Us; Dunkin Jalki and Sufiya Pathan
  • 4. Dissimulating on Caste in British Law; Prakash Shah
  • 5. Were Shramana and Bhakti Movements Against the Caste System?; Martin Farek
  • 6. A Nation of Tribes and Priests: The Jews and the Immorality of the Caste System Jakob De Roover
  • 7. The Aryans and the Ancient System of Caste; Marianne Keppens
  • 8. Afterword; Martin Farek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan and Prakash Shah
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Western Foundations of the Caste System
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edited by Martin Fárek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan, Prakash Shah
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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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  • Shah, Prakash
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  • Social sciences
  • Religion and sociology
  • Imperialism
  • Social structure
  • Social inequality
  • Cultural studies
  • Historical sociology
  • Ethnicity
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Western Foundations of the Caste System, edited by Martin Fárek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan, Prakash Shah, (electronic resource)
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1. Introduction: Caste Studies and the Apocryphal Elephant; Martin Farek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan andPrakash Shah -- 2. Caste-Based Reservation and Social Justice in India ; S.N. Balagangadhara -- 3. Are there Caste Atrocities in India? What the Data Can and Cannot Tell Us; Dunkin Jalki and Sufiya Pathan -- 4. Dissimulating on Caste in British Law; Prakash Shah -- 5. Were Shramana and Bhakti Movements Against the Caste System?; Martin Farek -- 6. A Nation of Tribes and Priests: The Jews and the Immorality of the Caste System Jakob De Roover -- 7. The Aryans and the Ancient System of Caste; Marianne Keppens -- 8. Afterword; Martin Farek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan and Prakash Shah
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Western Foundations of the Caste System, edited by Martin Fárek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan, Prakash Shah, (electronic resource)
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1. Introduction: Caste Studies and the Apocryphal Elephant; Martin Farek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan andPrakash Shah -- 2. Caste-Based Reservation and Social Justice in India ; S.N. Balagangadhara -- 3. Are there Caste Atrocities in India? What the Data Can and Cannot Tell Us; Dunkin Jalki and Sufiya Pathan -- 4. Dissimulating on Caste in British Law; Prakash Shah -- 5. Were Shramana and Bhakti Movements Against the Caste System?; Martin Farek -- 6. A Nation of Tribes and Priests: The Jews and the Immorality of the Caste System Jakob De Roover -- 7. The Aryans and the Ancient System of Caste; Marianne Keppens -- 8. Afterword; Martin Farek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan and Prakash Shah
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Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
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