Renunciation and untouchability in India : the notional and the empirical in the caste order

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Renunciation and untouchability in India : the notional and the empirical in the caste order

Srinivasa Ramanujam

Routledge, 2020 [i.e. 2019]

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-167) and index

Summary: "This volume develops a historically informed phenomenology of caste and untouchability. It explores the idea of 'Brahmin' and the practice of untouchability by offering a scholarly reading of ancient and medieval texts. By going beyond the notions of purity and pollution, it presents a new framework of understanding relationships between social groups and social categories. An important intervention in the study of caste and untouchability, this book will be an essential read for the scholars and researchers of political studies, political philosophy, cultural studies, Dalit studies, Indology, sociology, social anthropology and Ambedkar studies"-- Preceding t.p

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This volume develops a historically informed phenomenology of caste and untouchability. It explores the idea of 'Brahmin' and the practice of untouchability by offering a scholarly reading of ancient and medieval texts. By going beyond the notions of purity and pollution, it presents a new framework of understanding relationships between social groups and social categories. An important intervention in the study of caste and untouchability, this book will be an essential read for the scholars and researchers of political studies, political philosophy, cultural studies, Dalit studies, Indology, sociology, social anthropology and Ambedkar studies.

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Introduction: Notional Brahmin and The Idea of Original 1. The 'Ideal' Brahmin and The Dead Being 2. Physical body and Social body 3. Brahmin Householder as Renouncer 4. Touch-un-ability and 'Ideal' Brahmin 5. Translating Touch-un-ability Conclusion: The Dead Being is still Alive

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