Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India

by NicholasB.Dirks (Author)

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  2001

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  When thinking of India, it is hard not to think of caste. This work argues that caste is, in fact, neither an unchanged survival of ancient India nor a single system that reflects a core cultural value. It traces the career of caste from the medieval kingdoms of southern India to the textual traces of early colonial archives.