{"product_id":"textual-lives-of-caste-across-prathama-banerjee-9781350355040","title":"Textual Lives of Caste Across the Ages: Hierarchy, Humanity and Equality in Indian History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe essays in this volume explore the myriad ways in which caste (\u003ci\u003evarna\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ejati\u003c\/i\u003e) has been theorized and critiqued in multiple philosophical, religious, logical and narrative traditions in India. Spanning ancient, medieval and modern times, and in diverse classical and vernacular languages, the chapters show how the social fact of caste, and imaginations of kinship, community and humanity were historically subject to epistemological, spiritual, and existential debate in both elite and popular circles in India. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTextual Lives of Caste Across the Ages\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to bridge the interdisciplinary gap between historians and sociologists by focusing on texts that help us think across the sociological and philosophical, the political and the religious, the epistemological and the aesthetic, and indeed, the elite and the popular. The volume also sets up a conversation between scholars specializing in different regions, archives, and historical periods and demonstrates how caste imaginaries have been deeply diverse and contested in India's past. Reconstructing these diverse traditions of social and existential criticism helps us in our contemporary struggles against caste hierarchy and untouchability and enriches our contemporary critical repertoire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Prathama Banerjee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350355046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350355040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.11d","brand":"Prathama Banerjee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48113975755007,"sku":"9781350355040","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_28511209-989d-42f2-a6b0-dda2c5f3384c.jpg?v=1769618317","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/textual-lives-of-caste-across-prathama-banerjee-9781350355040","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}