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- catalog abstract ""This book provides a radical alternative to prevailing theories of caste which either build on indigenous rationalizations of the Brahman's supremacy or reduce hierarchy to material factors." "Drawing on a wide range of historical and ethnographic sources as well as four years' field work, Declan Quigley proposes a comparative approach which locates caste-organized communities in the context of complex agrarian societies generally. At the heart of caste, he argues, there is a tension between the centralizing forces of kingship with its associated ritual and the decentralizing forces of kinship. Dr Quigley believes that it is this tension, rather than Brahminical ideology, which generates the characteristic patterns of hierarchy and the preoccupation with purity and pollution." "In making kingship central to the explanation of caste, this book calls for a considered reexamination of the theory of caste proposed by A. M. Hocart over half a century ago, and offers an elegant and wide-ranging comparative interpretation of facts which have until now eluded satisfactory explanation."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b4055374.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description ""This book provides a radical alternative to prevailing theories of caste which either build on indigenous rationalizations of the Brahman's supremacy or reduce hierarchy to material factors." "Drawing on a wide range of historical and ethnographic sources as well as four years' field work, Declan Quigley proposes a comparative approach which locates caste-organized communities in the context of complex agrarian societies generally. At the heart of caste, he argues, there is a tension between the centralizing forces of kingship with its associated ritual and the decentralizing forces of kinship. Dr Quigley believes that it is this tension, rather than Brahminical ideology, which generates the characteristic patterns of hierarchy and the preoccupation with purity and pollution." "In making kingship central to the explanation of caste, this book calls for a considered reexamination of the theory of caste proposed by A. M. Hocart over half a century ago, and offers an elegant and wide-ranging comparative interpretation of facts which have until now eluded satisfactory explanation."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-180) and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 184 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Interpretation of caste.".
- catalog identifier "0198278829".
- catalog isFormatOf "Interpretation of caste.".
- catalog isPartOf "Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press,".
- catalog relation "Interpretation of caste.".
- catalog spatial "India.".
- catalog spatial "Southeast Asia.".
- catalog subject "305.5/122 20".
- catalog subject "Caste India.".
- catalog subject "Caste Southeast Asia.".
- catalog subject "Caste.".
- catalog subject "GN491.4 Q54 1993".
- catalog title "The interpretation of caste / Declan Quigley.".
- catalog type "text".