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Transaction and hierarchy :

(Number (ISBN

1315141671

(Number (ISBN

1351393960

(Number (ISBN

1351393979

(Number (ISBN

9781315141671

(Number (ISBN

9781351393966

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9781351393973

Erroneous ISBN

113809546X

Erroneous ISBN

9781138095465

Title Proper

Transaction and hierarchy :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

elements for a theory of caste /

First Statement of Responsibility

Harald Tambs-Lyche.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

London :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Routledge, Taylor and Francis,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (vii, 375 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-367) and index.

Text of Note

Precepts and preliminaries -- From history to the individual -- From individual to community -- Estates, history and the village -- Integration, hierarchy and power -- Kings and urban society -- Abstractions and models -- A discourse that structures hegemony -- Conclusion.

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Text of Note

"In this volume, the author challenges a number of widely held cultural stereotypes about India. Caste is not as old as Indian civilization itself, and current changes are no more radical than in the past, for caste has evolved throughout its history. It is not a colonial invention, nor does it result from weak state control. There is no single form of Indian kingship, and power relations, fundamental as they are for understanding Indian society. Nor do Indian villages conform to a single type, and caste is as much urban as rural. Only in a regional 'local' perspective can we view it as a 'system'. Caste does offer space for the individual, though in a particular Indian mould, and Hinduism does not provide for an integration of castes through ritual. In short, social organization varies widely in India, and cannot provide the key to the specificity of caste. This must be sought in the way society is imagined, the models of society current in Indian thought. Of course as mentioned above, there is no single model: Brahmins, kings, and merchants among others have all produced alternative models with themselves at the centre, vying for hegemony, while facing contesting models held by subalterns. Still, a hierarchical mode of thought is hegemonic and largely explains why Indians see their social stratification differently from people in the West. The volume will be indispensable for scholars of South Asian Sociology and Culture."--Provided by publisher.

Title

Transaction and hierarchy.

International Standard Book Number

113809546X

Parallel Title

Transaction & hierarchy

Caste-- India.

Caste.

HISTORY-- Social History.

Social conditions.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination & Race Relations.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Ethnic Studies-- General.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.

India, Social conditions.

India.

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7

SOC-- 020000

SOC-- 031000

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Edition

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Book number

Tambs-Lyche, Harald

Date of Transaction

20200822160932.0

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[Book]

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