LEADER 03831nam 2200541 450 001 9910584589403321 005 20220329190033.0 010 $a1-00-317351-9 010 $a1-003-17351-9 010 $a1-000-40932-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000011981937 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6679282 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6679282 035 $a(OCoLC)1261366212 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/90675 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011981937 100 $a20220329d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCaste and equality in India $ea historical anthropology of diverse society and vernacular democracy /$fAkio Tanabe 210 $cTaylor & Francis$d2022 210 1$aLondon, England ;$aNew York, NY :$cRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (365 pages) 225 1 $aRoutledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies 311 $a0-367-75228-X 327 $aIntroduction: Towards a Cultural-Politics of Ethics in Everyday Practice -- Managing Diversities: Frontiers, Forest Communities and Little Kingdoms -- Local Society and Kingship: Reconsidering 'Caste', 'Community' and 'State' -- Early Colonial Transformation: Emergence of Wedged Dichotomies -- Consolidation of Colonial Dichotomy: Political-Economy and Cultural Identity -- Postcolonial Tradition: The Biomoral Universe -- Cash and Faction: 'The Logic of the Fish' in the Political-Economy -- Ritual, History and Identity: Goddess Ra?macan?d?i?Festival -- Recast(e)ing Identity: Transformations from Below -- Vernacular Democracy: A Post-postcolonial Transformation -- Conclusion: Beyond the Postcolonial. 330 $aThis book presents an alternative view of caste in Indian society by analysing caste structure and change in local communities in Orissa from historical and anthropological perspectives. Focusing on the agricultural society in the Khurda district of Orissa between the eighteenth century and 2019, the book links discussions on the current transformation of society and politics in India with analyses of long-term historical transformations. The author suggests that, beyond status and power, there is another value which is important in Indian society, namely ontological equality, which functions as the politico-ethical ground for asserting respect and concern for the life of others. The book argues that the value of ontological equality has played an important role in creating and affirming the diverse society which characterises India. It further contends that the movement towards vernacular democracy, which has become conspicuous since the second half of the 1990s, is a historically groundbreaking event which opens a path beyond the postcolonial predicament, supported by the affirmation of diversity by subalterns based on the value of ontological equality. This important contribution to the study of Indian society will be of interest to academics working on the social, political and economic history, sociology, anthropology and political science of South Asia, as well as to those interested in social and political theory. 410 0$aRoutledge new horizons in South Asian studies. 606 $aSocial classes$zIndia 607 $aKhurda (India : District)$xEthnic relations 607 $aKhurda (India : District)$xHistory 610 $acaste 610 $aequality 610 $aIndia 615 0$aSocial classes 676 $a307.14120954 700 $aTanabe$b Akio$f1964-$01208577 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910584589403321 996 $aCaste and equality in India$92901296 997 $aUNINA