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The interpretation of caste/ Declan Quigley

By: Quigley, DeclanMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: (Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology)Publication details: New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999Description: viii, 184 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780198280279; 0198651715Subject(s): Caste -- IndiaDDC classification: 305.5

Contents:

1. The Problem Before Dumont -- The Entrenched View of Caste -- The Word 'Caste' -- Is Caste an Orientalist Construct? -- 2. Dumont's Theory of Caste -- Epistemology and Sociology -- The Distinctiveness of Caste -- Status, Power, and Encompassment -- The Structuralist Interpretation of Caste -- Dumont's View of Empiricism -- Dumont's Critique of His Critics -- 3. The Problem With Dumont's Solution -- Why the Problem is not Simply about Caste -- The Sociological Bridge between Traditional and Modern Societies -- Power and Legitimacy -- Structuralism -- 4. The Pure Brahman and the Impure Priest -- The Ideal Brahman in the Real World -- Priests and 'Others' as Vessels of Inauspiciousness -- The Limits of Transcendence -- 5. Caste and Kinship -- Hypergamy -- Isogamy -- Hierarchy and Endogamy -- 6. Caste and Kingship: Hocart's Theory -- Kings and Priests -- Problems with Hocart's Theory -- The Ideologies of Caste -- 7. The Courts of Kings and Washermen -- A Model of Caste Systems -- The Explanation of Caste.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	305.5 QUI/T (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	08/02/2021	P03399

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1. The Problem Before Dumont --
The Entrenched View of Caste --
The Word 'Caste' --
Is Caste an Orientalist Construct? --
2. Dumont's Theory of Caste --
Epistemology and Sociology --
The Distinctiveness of Caste --
Status, Power, and Encompassment --
The Structuralist Interpretation of Caste --
Dumont's View of Empiricism --
Dumont's Critique of His Critics --
3. The Problem With Dumont's Solution --
Why the Problem is not Simply about Caste --
The Sociological Bridge between Traditional and Modern Societies --
Power and Legitimacy --
Structuralism --
4. The Pure Brahman and the Impure Priest --
The Ideal Brahman in the Real World --
Priests and 'Others' as Vessels of Inauspiciousness --
The Limits of Transcendence --
5. Caste and Kinship --
Hypergamy --
Isogamy --
Hierarchy and Endogamy --
6. Caste and Kingship: Hocart's Theory --
Kings and Priests --
Problems with Hocart's Theory --
The Ideologies of Caste --
7. The Courts of Kings and Washermen --
A Model of Caste Systems --
The Explanation of Caste.

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