Caste and Its Changing Perception in Modern Era
By: Choudhary, Renu
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BookPublisher: Man & Development Description: 42(1), Mar, 2020: p.23-34.Subject(s): Caste: Caste identify: Change: Illusion: WeakeningSummary: Caste system is an integral part of the Indian society. We can’t rally understand Indian society without looking at its caste structure. Caste system in India has been constantly shafting. While G.S. ghurye looked upon Indian castes from structural functional perspective in which it’s rigid, hierarchal, endogamous, prohibitive, occupations, based ascription and segmental division of society, Louis Dumont has focused on the binary dialectical approach in which there is opposition between Brahmin and untouchable, high caste and low caste and spiritual and temporal. But in contemporary times caste scenario is changing. These set features of traditional caste system in India have been weakening to some extent. Although, caste as a system is weakening but ironically caste identity has become stronger these days. Dipankar Gupta has called it an optional illusion and has considered edit as a temporary phenomenon in the caste system. Even prominent sociologist like Srinivas and Andre Beteille feel that caste is losing its strength but it is going to stay in India. This paper tries to explore the changing scenario of the caste system in India. What features of the caste system are becoming more prominent this day? If cast as a system is weakening then can we assume that cste will evade from the Indian society in near future? This paper tries to focus on the nitty-gritty’s of India’s caste system in contemporary times. – Reproduced
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Caste system is an integral part of the Indian society. We can’t rally understand Indian society without looking at its caste structure. Caste system in India has been constantly shafting. While G.S. ghurye looked upon Indian castes from structural functional perspective in which it’s rigid, hierarchal, endogamous, prohibitive, occupations, based ascription and segmental division of society, Louis Dumont has focused on the binary dialectical approach in which there is opposition between Brahmin and untouchable, high caste and low caste and spiritual and temporal. But in contemporary times caste scenario is changing. These set features of traditional caste system in India have been weakening to some extent. Although, caste as a system is weakening but ironically caste identity has become stronger these days. Dipankar Gupta has called it an optional illusion and has considered edit as a temporary phenomenon in the caste system. Even prominent sociologist like Srinivas and Andre Beteille feel that caste is losing its strength but it is going to stay in India. This paper tries to explore the changing scenario of the caste system in India. What features of the caste system are becoming more prominent this day? If cast as a system is weakening then can we assume that cste will evade from the Indian society in near future? This paper tries to focus on the nitty-gritty’s of India’s caste system in contemporary times. – Reproduced
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