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The Untouchables - Subordination, Poverty And The State In Modern India

by Oliver Mendelsohn & Marika Vicziany

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  The Untouchables, who number some 150 million, are among the most subordinated and poorest people in India. In a sensitive and compelling account of the lives of those at the very bottom of Indian society, Oliver Mendelsohn and Marika Vicziany explore the construction of the Untouchables as a social and political category, the historical background which led to such a definition and their position in Indian society today. The authors argue that despite efforts to ameliorate their condition on the part of the state, and on the part of the new generation of political leaders who represent them, a considerable edifice of discrimination persists on the basis of a tradition of ritual subordination. Even now, therefore, at the end of the twentieth century, it still makes sense to categorise these people as `Untouchables`. As the most comprehensive account available of the phenomenon of Untouchability, this book promises to make a major contribution to the literature, and in particular to the current social and economic debates on poverty within the global context. Its wide-ranging perspectives will ensure an interdisciplinary readership from historians of South Asia to students of politics and economics, religion and sociology.isbn-9788175960749
 


Pages : 307
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