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Index
Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Part One: The “Invention” of Caste
One Introduction: The Modernity of Caste
Two Homo Hierarchicus: The Origins of an Idea
Three The Ethnographic State
Part Two: Colonization of The Archive
Four The Original Caste: Social Identity in the Old Regime
Five The Textualization of Tradition: Biography of an Archive
Six The Imperial Archive: Colonial Knowledge and Colonial Rule
Part Three: The Ethnographic State
Seven The Conversion of Caste
Eight The Policing of Tradition: Colonial Anthropology and the Invention of Custom
Nine The Body of Caste: Anthropology and the Criminalization of Caste
Ten The Enumeration of Caste: Anthropology as Colonial Rule
Part Four: Recasting India: Caste, Community, and Politics
Eleven Toward a Nationalist Sociology of India: Nationalism and Brahmanism
Twelve The Reformation of Caste: Periyar, Ambedkar, and Gandhi
Thirteen Caste Politics and the Politics of Caste
Fourteen Conclusion: Caste and the Postcolonial Predicament
Coda The Burden of the Past: On Colonialism and the Writing of History
Notes
Index
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