ISBN:
9789004689374
Language:
English
Pages:
XIX, 240 Seiten
Series Statement:
Studies in critical social sciences volume 274
Series Statement:
New scholarship in political economy volume 26
Series Statement:
Studies in critical social sciences
Series Statement:
New scholarship in political economy
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Debnath, Kunal Caste, marginalisation and resistance
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Debnath, Kunal Caste, marginalisation and resistance
DDC:
305.800954
Keywords:
Social stratification
;
Social stratification
;
Jogi-Naths Political activity
;
Jogi-Naths Social conditions
;
Caste History
;
Ethnicity
;
Asian history
;
Asiatische Geschichte
;
HISTORY / Asia / General
;
HISTORY / Middle East / General
;
HISTORY / Social History
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
;
Political science & theory
;
Politikwissenschaft
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
;
Social & cultural history
;
Sociology
;
Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
;
Soziologie
;
Assam
;
Bengalen
;
Kanpatha-Sekte
;
Kaste
;
Identität
;
Politik
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Abstract:
In the socio-political context of Bengal and Assam, this book is specifically written to persuasively emphasise the key issues pertaining to the marginalised householder Nath-Yogis. The key areas of concentration revolve around their complex marginalisation processes, resistance, and their distinct identity assertion
Abstract:
"The identity politics of the householder Naths (Yogis), on the one hand, is one of the oldest and most persistent identity assertions in Bengal and Assam. On the other, for an array of reasons, the identity assertion of the householder Naths of Bengal and Assam has failed to draw academic curiosity so far. Since the late nineteenth century, a segment of the Naths, largely educated and elite, has been crafting their identity as Brahman grounded on their "origin myth", negotiating with the British colonial administration through different census enumerations, as well as internal social reforms. One of the primary reasons for their current lagging is that the Naths never politicised their identity and demands, and did not mobilise themselves in the democratic political arena"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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