Western Foundations of the Caste System

1. Introduction.- 2. From Church to Caste: On the Religious Ordering of Social Hierarchy.- 3. The Aryans and the Ancient System of Caste.- 4. Were shramana and bhakti movements against the caste system?.- 5. Orientalism in British law: Reflecting on caste discrimination in the Equality Act 2010.- 6. "On the Classical Conception of the Caste System.- 7. Knowing the world and acting-in-the world. Can caste practices ever constitute a system?.- 8. Accents of Memory: Critical Humanities and the Question of Inheritance.- 9. Towards the Study of the Caste System in India.- 10. Conclusion.
1. Introduction: Caste Studies and the Apocryphal Elephant; Martin Farek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan andPrakash Shah.- 2. Caste-Based Reservation and Social Justice in India ; S.N. Balagangadhara.- 3. Are there Caste Atrocities in India? What the Data Can and Cannot Tell Us; Dunkin Jalki and Sufiya Pathan.- 4. Dissimulating on Caste in British Law; Prakash Shah.- 5. Were Shramana and Bhakti Movements Against the Caste System?; Martin Farek.- 6. A Nation of Tribes and Priests: The Jews and the Immorality of the Caste System Jakob De Roover.- 7. The Aryans and the Ancient System of Caste; Marianne Keppens.- 8. Afterword; Martin Farek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan and Prakash Shah.