Recasting Caste: From the Sacred to the Profane by Hira Singh

Recasting Caste: From the Sacred to the Profane

Hira Singh

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nonfiction history sociology medium-paced
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Recasting Caste confronts the mainstream sociology of caste at its root: Louis Dumont's Homo Hierarchicus and its main source, Max Weber's distinction between class and status. Conventional wisdom on caste is idealist, and most students of the sub...

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