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'''''Homo Hierarchicus: Essai sur le système des castes''''' (1966) is [[Louis Dumont (anthropologist)|Louis Dumont]]'s treatise on the [[Indian caste system]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=XsOtRGdvIigC& | '''''Homo Hierarchicus: Essai sur le système des castes''''' (1966) is [[Louis Dumont (anthropologist)|Louis Dumont]]'s treatise on the [[Indian caste system]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XsOtRGdvIigC&q=homo+hierarchicus|title=Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and Its Implications|last=Dumont|first=Louis|date=1980|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226169637|language=en}}</ref> It analyses the caste hierarchy and the ascendancy tendency of the lower castes to follow the habits of the higher castes. This concept was termed as [[Sanskritisation]] by [[MN Srinivas]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Srinivas|first=M. N.|date=1956|title=A Note on Sanskritization and Westernization|journal=The Far Eastern Quarterly|volume=15|issue=4|pages=481–496|doi=10.2307/2941919|issn=0363-6917|jstor=2941919}}</ref> | ||
He states that the [[ideology]] of caste system is fundamentally contrary to our idea of [[Egalitarianism|egalitarian]] society and arises from the nature, conditions and limitations of realisation of such a society. We can not restrict ourselves to understand caste system only as a form of '[[Social stratification]]'.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}} | He states that the [[ideology]] of caste system is fundamentally contrary to our idea of [[Egalitarianism|egalitarian]] society and arises from the nature, conditions and limitations of realisation of such a society. We can not restrict ourselves to understand caste system only as a form of '[[Social stratification]]'.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}} | ||
Latest revision as of 06:07, 11 December 2021
Homo Hierarchicus: Essai sur le système des castes (1966) is Louis Dumont's treatise on the Indian caste system.[1] It analyses the caste hierarchy and the ascendancy tendency of the lower castes to follow the habits of the higher castes. This concept was termed as Sanskritisation by MN Srinivas.[2]
He states that the ideology of caste system is fundamentally contrary to our idea of egalitarian society and arises from the nature, conditions and limitations of realisation of such a society. We can not restrict ourselves to understand caste system only as a form of 'Social stratification'.[citation needed]
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- ↑ Dumont, Louis (1980). Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and Its Implications. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226169637.
- ↑ Srinivas, M. N. (1956). "A Note on Sanskritization and Westernization". The Far Eastern Quarterly. 15 (4): 481–496. doi:10.2307/2941919. ISSN 0363-6917. JSTOR 2941919.
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