Rethinking Caste and Resistance in India

Rethinking Caste and Resistance in India

Murzban Jal

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2024
Materia
Historia de Asia
ISBN:
9781032524726
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This book is a collection of essays by prominent thinkers on the historist and humanist transcendence of the caste system such that an authentic democracy can bloom in India. It locates caste as not only a social problem, but a moral evil and schizophrenia affecting India civilization.

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