Western foundations of the caste system. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Martin Fárek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan, Prakash Shah, editors.
• Editors: Fárek, Martin, 1974-; Jalki, Dunkin; Pathan, Sufiya; Shah, Prakash
• Contents: Western Foundations of the Caste System; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; 1 Introduction: Caste Studies and the Apocryphal Elephant; Nature of Caste and Its Classification; Origin and Propagation; Relationship to Ordering Social Hierarchy; Properties of the Caste System; Relationship to Social Conflict; The Argument so Far ... ; Who Brought the Elephant into the Room?; The Nature of the Elephant in the Room; Structure of the Book; In Sum ... ; Bibliography; 2 Caste-Based Reservation and Social Justice in India; I; ll; lll; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; Conclusion; Bibliography. 3 Are There Caste Atrocities in India? What the Data Can and Cannot Tell UsOn the Statistical Evidence for Caste Atrocities; A Popular Caveat; Violence not Defined by Crimes Against Scheduled Castes; Reporting Caste Atrocities: Trends and Strategies; Conclusion: Seeking Alternatives; Bibliography; 4 Dissimulating on Caste in British Law; Legislating on Caste in the United Kingdom: The Equality Act 2010; The Comparative Legal Context; What is the Target of the Law on Caste?; Caste and the Universalisation of Christianity; A Legal Case on Caste Discrimination; Bibliography. 5 Were Shramana and Bhakti Movements Against the Caste System?Anomalies of the Uniting Anti-caste Hypothesis; Shramanas and bhaktas Supported varna-dharma; Caste, Religion, and Purity of Blood; Problems with Theories and Definitions of Caste; About Religious Endogamy; Caste as Part of the Story of Religion in India; Conclusion; Bibliography; 6 A Nation of Tribes and Priests: The Jews and the Immorality of the Caste System; The Facts of a Heathen Nation; Tribes and Priests; Lawgivers and Outcasts; The Factual Structure; The Morals of a Heathen Nation; The Power of the Priesthood. Moral AmbiguityThe Evil of Caste; Religious or Not?; Civil Law and Divine Revelation; Caste and Hinduism; The Moral Structure; Conclusion; Bibliography; 7 The Aryans and the Ancient System of Caste; The Aryan Impact on India; A Conquest Without an Invasion?; Christians and the Aryans; Between Paris and Madras; The Invasion Hypothesis; Bibliography; 8 Afterword; Is There a Caste System in India?; Does the Claim that There Is No Caste System Involve a Denial of Any Event/Phenomenon in India?; Why Did the West See the Caste System?; Why Do Indians See the Caste System?; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave MacMillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 274 pages)
• Subjects: 305.5122; Caste; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Caste; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319387611; 3319387618
• Related ISBNs: 9783319387604; 331938760X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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