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Caste and equality in India : a historical anthropology of diverse society and vernacular democracy / Akio Tanabe

Tanabe, Akio, 1964- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

London ; New York : Routledge, 2022

xli, 321 Seiten : Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gewährleistet (Rechtsgrundlage FID). Univ. Heidelberg, CATS, Südasi

978-0-367-75228-6 (hardback); 978-1-032-00283-5 (pbk)

978-1-003-17351-9 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2021003153

OCoLC: 1273666747     

DS485.K49

305.5/1220954133     Ähnliche Literatur

Fachinformationsdienst(e): FID-ASIEN-DE-16

*Distrikt Khurda ; Kaste ; Dalit ; Sozialer Wandel ; Geschichte 1750-     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Caste -- India -- Khurda (District) ; Social classes -- India -- Khurda (District) ; Khurda (India : District) -- Ethnic relations ; Khurda (India : District) -- History

Introduction: Towards a Cultural-Politics of Ethics in Everyday Practice -- Managing Diversities: Frontiers, Forest Communities and Little Kingdoms -- Local Society and Kingship: Reconsidering 'Caste', 'Community' and 'State' -- Early Colonial Transformation: Emergence of Wedged Dichotomies -- Consolidation of Colonial Dichotomy: Political-Economy and Cultural Identity -- Postcolonial Tradition: The Biomoral Universe -- Cash and Faction: 'The Logic of the Fish' in the Political-Economy -- Ritual, History and Identity: Goddess RāmacaṇḍīFestival -- Recast(e)ing Identity: Transformations from Below -- Vernacular Democracy: A Post-postcolonial Transformation -- Conclusion: Beyond the Postcolonial.

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"This book presents an alternative view of caste in Indian society by analyzing caste structure and change in local communities in Orissa from historical and anthropological perspectives. Focusing on the agricultural society in the Khurda district of Orissa between the eighteenth century and 2019, the book links discussions on the current transformation of society and politics in India with analyses of long-term historical transformations. The author suggests that, beyond status and power, there is another value which is important in Indian society, namely ontological equality which functions as the politico-ethical ground for asserting respect and concern for life of others. The book argues that the value of ontological equality has played an important role in creating and affirming the diverse society which characterizes India. It further contends that the movement towards vernacular democracy, that has become conspicuous since the second half of the 1990s, is a historically ground-breaking event which opens a path beyond the postcolonial predicament, supported by the affirmation of diversity by the subalterns based on the value of ontological equality. This important contribution to the study of Indian society will be of interest to academics working on the social, political and economic history, sociology, anthropology and political science of South Asia, as well as to those interested in social and political theory"--