Caste and race : comparative approaches / / edited by Anthony de Reuck and Julie Knight

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911020362703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1967
• ISBN: 9786613620026; 9781280590191; 128059019X; 9780470719503; 0470719508; 9780470717042; 0470717041
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (362 p.)
• Collana: Ciba Foundation volume
• Altri autori (Persone): De ReuckAnthony V. S; KnightJulie
• Disciplina: 301.44
• Soggetti: Social classes; Caste; Race
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: CASTE AND RACE: Comparative Approaches; Preface; CONTENTS; Membership of symposium; Chairman's introduction; 1 Caste, class and slavery: the taxonomic problem; 2 Characterization of caste and class systems; 3 Caste: a phenomenon of social structure or an aspect of Indian culture?; 4 Place of comparison in the study of caste systems; 5 Stratification, pluralism and interaction: a comparative analysis of caste; 6 Analogues and homologues of caste systems; 7 Caste in India: its essential pattern of socio-cultural integration; 8 The historical approach to caste; 9 The pariah caste in Japan: history and present self-image10 Pariah castes compared; 11 Slavery in classical antiquity; 12 Classical and American slavery compared; 13 Slavery and its aftermath in the western hemisphere; 14 Attitudes to slavery in the New World; 15 Racism in Europe; 16 Positive functions of minority groups; 17 The myth of the ; demonic conspiracy of Jews in medieval and modern Europe; 18 Stereotyped images of despised groups; 19 Caste and race in the psychodynamics of acculturation; 20 Symbolic expression of racial tension; 21 Psychology of purity and pollution as related to social self-identity and caste22 Status anxiety and ''guilt" in caste and modern societies; 23 A comparative approach to caste and race; Index of contributors; Index of authors cited; Index of subjects
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