Once known as "Pariahs," Dalits are primarily descendants of unfree agrarian laborers. They belong to India's most subordinated castes, face overwhelming poverty and discrimination, and provoke public anxiety. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped sources, this book follows the conception and evolution of the "Pariah Problem" in public consciousness in the 1890s. It shows how high-caste landlords, state officials, and well-intentioned missionaries conceived of Dalit oppression, and effectively foreclosed the emergence of substantive solutions to the "Problem"--with consequences that continue to be felt today.
Rupa Viswanath begins with a description of the everyday lives of Dalit laborers in the 1890s and highlights the systematic efforts made by the state and Indian elites to protect Indian slavery from public scrutiny. Protestant missionaries were the first non-Dalits to draw attention to their plight. The missionaries' vision of the Pariahs' suffering as being a result of Hindu religious prejudice, however, obscured the fact that the entire agrarian political-economic system depended on unfree Pariah labor. Both the Indian public and colonial officials came to share a view compatible with missionary explanations, which meant all subsequent welfare efforts directed at Dalits focused on religious and social transformation rather than on structural reform. Methodologically, theoretically, and empirically, this book breaks new ground to demonstrate how events in the early decades of state-sponsored welfare directed at Dalits laid the groundwork for the present day, where the postcolonial state and well-meaning social and religious reformers continue to downplay Dalits' landlessness, violent suppression, and political subordination.
Автор: Mallampalli Название: Race, Religion and Law in Colonial India ISBN: 1107487544 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107487543 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: How did British rule in India transform persons from lower social classes? Could Indians from such classes rise in the world? This book explores such questions by examining the intriguing story of an interracial family who lived in southern India in the mid-nineteenth century.
Описание: Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu over seven years, Eliza F. Kent offers a compelling examination of the religious and social context in which south India`s sacred groves take on meaning for the villagers who maintain them, and shows how they have become objects of fascination and hope for Indian environmentalists.
Автор: Michon Название: Archaeology and Religion in Early Northwest India ISBN: 1138822493 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138822498 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22968 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores the ways in which past cultures have been used to shape colonial and postcolonial cultural identities. It provides a theoretical framework to understand these processes, and offers illustrative case studies in which the agency of ancient peoples, rather than the desires of antiquarians and archaeologists, is brought to the fore.
Автор: Copland Название: A History of State and Religion in India ISBN: 0415580668 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415580663 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 24499 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Offering the first long-duration analysis of the relationship between the state and religion in South Asia, this book looks at the nature and origins of Indian secularism. It interrogates the proposition that communalism in India is wholly a product of colonial policy and modernisation, questions whether the Indian state has generally been a benign, or disruptive, influence on public religious life, and evaluates the claim that the region has spawned a culture of practical toleration. The book is structured around six key arenas of interaction between state and religion: cow worship and sacrifice, control of temples and shrines, religious festivals and processions, proselytising and conversion, communal riots, and religious teaching/doctrine and family law. It offers a challenging argument about the role of the state in religious life in a historical continuum, and identifies points of similarity and contrast between periods and regimes. The book makes a significant contribution to the literature on South Asian History and Religion.
Автор: Siddiqui Название: Religion and Psychoanalysis in India ISBN: 1138942588 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138942585 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Religion and Psychoanalysis in India questions the assumptions of an established scientific, evidence-based global mental health paradigm by examining the practices of faith-based healing.
Автор: Lyall Название: Natural Religion in India ISBN: 1107623561 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107623569 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 1424 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: First published in 1891, this book by Sir Alfred Lyall looks at the development of Natural Religion, or religion which humanity employs in order to explain natural phenomena, using India as a case study. Lyall draws upon time spent in the British Civil Service in India for his observations on Indian religious behavior.
Автор: Kenneth Bloch Название: Rethinking Bhopal ISBN: 0128037784 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780128037782 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 13304 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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