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| Preface to the Complete English Edition | |
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| Preface to the First French Edition Brief | |
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| Note on Transliteration of Indian Words | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Castes and ourselves | |
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| The individual and society | |
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| Individualism and holism | |
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| Rousseau on equality | |
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| Tocqueville on equality | |
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| Tocqueville on individualism | |
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| Necessity of hierarchy | |
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| History of Ideas | |
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| Definition: the word 'caste' | |
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| Main attitudes | |
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| Voluntarist explanation | |
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| Caste as the limiting case of known institutions | |
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| 'Historical' explanations | |
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| Composite explanations | |
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| The period 1900-1945 | |
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| After 1945 | |
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| From System to Structure: The Pure and the Impure | |
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| Element and system | |
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| The place of ideology | |
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| The notion of structure | |
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| The fundamental opposition | |
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| Pure and impure | |
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| Segmentation: caste and subcaste | |
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| Hierarchy: The Theory of the 'Varna' | |
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| On hierarchy in general | |
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| The theory of the varna: power and priesthood | |
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| Caste and varna | |
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| Hierarchy and power | |
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| Regional status ranking (1901 Census) | |
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| A local example (Central India) | |
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| Attribution or interaction? | |
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| The Division of Labour | |
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| Caste and profession | |
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| The 'jajmani' system | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Regulation of Marriage: Separation and Hierarchy | |
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| Importance of marriage | |
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| Endogamy: the usual view and its limitations | |
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| Hierarchy of marriages and conjugal unions | |
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| Isogamy and hypergamy | |
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| Some examples | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The classical theory: marriage and varna | |
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| Rules Concerning Contact and Food | |
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| Place within the whole | |
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| Notes on contact and untouchability | |
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| Food in general | |
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| Food and drink (water) in caste relations | |
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| On the history of vegetarianism | |
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| Power and Territory | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The territorial framework: the 'little kingdom' | |
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| Rights, royal and other, over the land | |
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| The village | |
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| The problem of economics | |
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| Caste Government: Justice and Authority | |
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| From power to authority | |
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| Supreme authority in caste affairs | |
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| The 'village panchayat' | |
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| Internal caste government | |
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| Relations between jurisdictions: authority in general | |
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| Concomitants and Implications | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Renunciation | |
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| The sect and its relations to the caste system: example of the 'Lingayat' | |
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| Tolerance and imitation | |
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| Diachronic implications: aggregation | |
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| Stability and change | |
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| Group kinetics: scission, aggregation, social mobility | |
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| Comparison: Are There Castes Among Non-Hindus and Outside India? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Christians and caste | |
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| Caste among Muslims | |
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| The case of the Pathan of Swat | |
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| Caste among non-Hindus: conclusion | |
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| Fundamental characteristics for comparison | |
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| The school of 'social stratification': caste and racism | |
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| Castes outside of India? | |
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| Comparison (Concluded): The Contemporary Trend | |
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| The problem | |
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| Recent changes as portrayed by Ghurye | |
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| Complements | |
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| Is caste reinforcing itself? | |
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| From interdependence to competition | |
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| Provisional conclusion | |
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| Attempt at an inventory | |
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| Hierarchical society and egalitarian society: a summary comparative diagram | |
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| Conclusion Postface: Toward a Theory of Hierarchy | |
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| Maps | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |