Status and sacredness : a general theory of status relations and an analysis of Indian culture / Murray Milner, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milner, Murray, Jr., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caste--India.

Caste.

Social status.

Social structure.

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Religion and social status.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

In this provocative study, Milner argues against the widely held view that the caste system of India is unique. Instead he contends that caste distinctions which appear to be singular or exotic are actually similar to customs elsewhere-a theory that sets in sharp relief the methods by which society is organized around status relations.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Theoretical Concepts

3. A Theory of Status Relationships: Key Elements

4. Key Features of Indian Society: What Is to Be Explained

5. Explaining the Key Features of Caste

6. The Social Categories of Traditional India

7. The Articulation of Status and Material Resources: Political and Economic Legitimacy

8. A Theory of Status Relationships: Additional Elements

9. Cultural Codes and Rituals: I

10. Cultural Codes and Rituals: II

11. Status Relations in Marriage Alliances

12. On the Nature of Sacredness

13. The Worship of Gods

14. Salvation and Soteriology

5. EschatologyShow Level 16. Conclusions

Notes:

Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-774341-2

1-280-44368-5

1-4237-3889-6

0-19-535912-7

1-60129-946-X

OCLC:

475956608

Publisher Number:

2027/heb31526 hdl