This Omnibus brings together the seminal writings of one of India's most distinguished sociologists, André Béteille. It discusses his writings on religion,caste, class, social stratification, inequality, and equality. INDICE: Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village, Second Edition: Preface to the Paperback Edition; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The Village: Its Physical Structure; 3. The Caste Structure; 4. Economic Organisation and Social Class; 5. The Distribution of Power; 6. Conclusion: Caste, Class and Power; References; Epilogue: Village Studies in Retrospect; Appendix I: The Social Organisation of Temples; Appendix II: The Tribulations of Field Work; Index; II.The Idea of Natural Inequality and Other Essays, Second Edition: Preface to the Paperback Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Idea of Natural Inequality; Homo Hierarchicus, Homo Equalis; Harmonic and Disharmonic Social Systems; The Backward Classes and the New Social Order; The Pursuit of Equality and the Indian University; Equality of Opportunity; Individualism and the Persistence of Collective Identities; Equality of Opportunities and the Equal Distribution of Benefits; Index; III. Equality and Universality: Essays in Social and Political Theory: Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Equality and Inequality; 2. Class and Status; 3. Varna and Jati; 4. Caste in Contemporary India; 5. The Public as a Social Category; 6. Distributive Justice and the Institutional Well-being; 7. The Reproduction of Inequality; 8. The Antinomies of Equality; 9. Hierarchical and Competitive Inequality; 10. Equality and Universality; Appendix I: Amartya Sen's Utopia; Appendix II: Equality and Individual Achievement; References; Name Index; Subject Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-807120-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 884
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés