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Book Summary
About the Book: From Hierarchy To Ethnicity The Politics Of Caste In Twentieth
Century India
Caste and ethnicity have been crucial in shaping the discourse around identity
politics in modern South Asia. This book critically discusses two important
trends in twentieth-century Indian politics - the rise in the political salience
of caste identities, and a shift in the way caste identity was conceptualized;
from a hierarchical system based on the adoption of specific behaviours to a
system based on bounded and autonomous groups not dissimilar to ethnic groups as
conceived of in other parts of the world. It traces these changes to the
evolving incentives of the
ISBN-13
9781108489904
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publishing Date
2020
Product Edition
1
Total Pages
310
From Hierarchy To Ethnicity The Politics Of Caste In Twentieth Century India
About the Book: From Hierarchy To Ethnicity The Politics Of Caste In Twentieth
Century India
Caste and ethnicity have been crucial in shaping the discourse around identity
politics in modern South Asia. This book critically discusses two important
trends in twentieth-century Indian politics - the rise in the political salience
of caste identities, and a shift in the way caste identity was conceptualized;
from a hierarchical system based on the adoption of specific behaviours to a
system based on bounded and autonomous groups not dissimilar to ethnic groups as
conceived of in other parts of the world. It traces these changes to the
evolving incentives of the