Caste System
Socio-Cultural Dynamics of the Caste System
Caste System, culture, Hierarchy, Modernization and Globalization, Sanskritization, Secularization, WesternizationBy: HARISHCHANDRA MISHRA – This paper presents an analysis of the caste system as a cultural construct. Esteemed social anthropologists and sociologists have perceived caste as a set of cultural beliefs and practices prevalent in Indian society. Caste is traditionally viewed as a cultural system shaped by specific norms and values that dictate the interrelations…
Is Caste System a Kind of Indigenous Knowledge System?
By: ASHOK DAS GUPTA – The Global Knowledge can be broadly disassociated into two types: Indigenous and Modern. Indigenous or Traditional Knowledge traits are scattered worldwide among the folk people. These are oral and undocumented, subjected for loss and rediscovery, outcome of trial and error from informal experimentations during the course of folk life. These…