The Conceit of Reason the Cunning of History versus - Modernity and Caste in India
Published By: Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) | Published Date: January, 01 , 2016This paper addresses the central question as to how and why caste still survives under conditions of democracy and modernity and what do we make of it. I try to explain this phenomenon by viewing it in the larger context of a fundamental conflict between the ambition of reason to reorder the self and society and the resistance to this project by the real history. The result always is open and unpredictable. This also forces us to think of what to do with our pasts; can we really make a clean break with it or does it leave deep traces?
Author(s): Sanjeeb Mukherjee | Posted on: Mar 21, 2016 | Views() | Download (196)