01157pab a2200181 454500008004000000100002100040245003600061260000900097300001300106362001100119520065600130650001700786773003400803908000600837909001000843999001700853952010500870180718b2009 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d aSarukkai, Sundar aPhenomenology of untouchability c2009 ap.39-48. a12 Sep aThis paper explores the philosophical foundations of untouchability through an analysis of the phenomenology of "touch". The sense of touch is unique in many ways; one such is the essential relation between touch and "untouch". Drawing on both Indian and western traditions, the paper begins by analysing the meaning of touch and then goes on to explore some meanings of "untouchable". It then concludes by pointing out the importance of untouchability within the Brahmin tradition and attempts to understand the process of supplementation which makes untouchability a positive virtue for the Brahmins and a negative fact for the Dalits. - Reproduced. aUntouchables aEconomic and Political Weekly aN a84075 c84075d84075 00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 44, Issue no: 37pAR84535r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR