Caste in question: identity or hierarchy?(Book review)

From: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute | Date: September 1, 2007| Author: Desai, Amit | Copyright information

GUPTA, DIPANKAR (ed.). Caste in question: identity or hierarchy? xxi, 255 pp., bibliogrs. London, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2004. Rs 480 (cloth)

In the first edition of the journal Contributions to Indian Sociology in 1957, Louis Dumont and David Pocock famously asserted their view that 'India is one'. By this they meant that despite caste, regional, and language differences, certain values and structures had pan-Indian power. They firmly believed that a pan-Indian i...

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