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Book Summary
About the Book: Caste
This lively and accessible text examines the concept of caste, noting its
origin in orientalist descriptions of Indian society, and showing how it made
its way into social scientific discourse as a tool for the comparative analysis
of social stratification. It reviews social scientists accounts of caste in
contemporary India, discussing the theoretical assumptions underlying such
descriptions. The author takes issue with the view of caste which regards it as
specific to Hindu India and makes a case for a comparative sociology concerned
with social processes. Such a sociology is important and indeed necessary if we
are to understand the ways in which
- ISBN-13
- 9788131610480
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hard Bound
- Publisher
- Rawat Publishers & Distributors
- Publishing Date
- 2019
- Product Edition
- 1
- Total Pages
- 111
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Book Summary
About the Book: Caste
This lively and accessible text examines the concept of caste, noting its
origin in orientalist descriptions of Indian society, and showing how it made
its way into social scientific discourse as a tool for the comparative analysis
of social stratification. It reviews social scientists accounts of caste in
contemporary India, discussing the theoretical assumptions underlying such
descriptions. The author takes issue with the view of caste which regards it as
specific to Hindu India and makes a case for a comparative sociology concerned
with social processes. Such a sociology is important and indeed necessary if we
are to understand the ways in which
Book Specifications
- ISBN-13
- 9788131610480
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hard Bound
- Publisher
- Rawat Publishers & Distributors
- Publishing Date
- 2019
- Product Edition
- 1
- Total Pages
- 111