Σάββατο 31 Μαΐου 2014

jati casta caste

....and say that the caste system divides the whole society into a large number of hereditary groups, distinguished from one another and connected together by three characteristics: separation in matters of marriage and contact, whether direct or indirect (food) ; division of labour, each group having, in theory or by tradition, a profession from which their members can depart only within certain limits; and finally hierarchy, which ranks the groups as relatively superior or inferior to one another....

Louis Dumont   Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and Its Implications]

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