India's new caste war: the archaeology of a perpetual conflict
By: Brij Mohan.
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ArticlePublisher: 2007Description: p.24-33.Subject(s): Caste - India | Caste
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Indian Journal of Social WorkSummary: Caste as a system of stratified inequality has globally survived in different forms since times immemorial. Its functionality on the subcontinent, however, is sustained by a mythologised social reality that runs contrary to the ideals of a secular democracy. This article seeks to theorise caste as a conceptual anomaly and a source of perenial strife - ascribed status, discontent and conflict - that pervade a civilisational crisis at the crossroads of progress. - Reproduced.
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Caste as a system of stratified inequality has globally survived in different forms since times immemorial. Its functionality on the subcontinent, however, is sustained by a mythologised social reality that runs contrary to the ideals of a secular democracy. This article seeks to theorise caste as a conceptual anomaly and a source of perenial strife - ascribed status, discontent and conflict - that pervade a civilisational crisis at the crossroads of progress. - Reproduced.
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