Contextualising caste

By Mary Searle-Chatterjee, Ursula Sharma

Subjects: Philosophy, indic, Social conditions, Indic Philosophy, India, politics and government, Politics and government, Caste, India, social conditions, Caste, india

Description: Much anthropological and sociological work on South Asia (especially work done by western academics) takes for granted the centrality of caste in Hindu society. The aim of the present volume is to take a critical look at this assumption, contextualising caste in relation to other dimensions of modern Indian society. The contribution of the volume will be both theoretical and ethnographic.