Structure and Cognition: Aspects of Hindu Caste and Ritual (3rd Edition)
Das, Veena
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PRODUCT DETAILS
Book ID : 39502
ISBN-10 : 0-19-807740-8 / 0198077408
ISBN-13 : 978-0-19-807740-4 / 9780198077404
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2012
Edition : (Third Edition)
Language : English
312p., App., Index, 23 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- 1. Introduction. 2. On the Categories: Brahman, King, and Sanyasi. 3. Of Jatis. 4. Concepts of Space. 5. The Sacred and the Profane in Hinduism.
DESCRIPTION
This book is an origianl sociological analysis of Hundu caste and ritual based on selected myths from Puranic and Sutra literature, set in a wider discussion of Hinduism. It also charts a fruitful alternative direction for future sociological inquiry. The Third Edition includes a new Preface by the authore.
