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100 _aSarukkai, Sundar
245 _aPhenomenology of untouchability
260 _c2009
300 _ap.39-48.
362 _a12 Sep
520 _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.
650 _aUntouchables
773 _aEconomic and Political Weekly
908 _aN
909 _a84075
999 _c84075
_d84075