Status and Sacredness: A General Theory of Status Relations and an Analysis of Indian CultureOxford University Press, 1994 - 336 páginas Status and Sacredness provides a new theory of status and sacral relationships and a provocative reinterpretation of the Indian caste system and Hinduism. Milner shows how in India and many other social contexts status is a key resource, and that sacredness can be usefully understood as a special form of status. By analyzing the nature of this resource Milner is able to provide powerful explanations of the key features of the social structure, culture, and religion. He argues against the widely held view that the Indian caste system is best understood as a unique cultural development, demonstrating that many of the seemingly exotic features are variations on themes common to other societies. Milner's analysis is rooted in a new theoretical framework called "resource structuralism" that helps to clarify the nature and significance of power and symbolic capital. The book thus provides a bold new analysis of India, an innovative approach to the analysis of religion, and an important contribution to social theory. |
Contenido
Introduction | 3 |
Status Legitimacy and Sacredness | 11 |
Theoretical Concepts | 18 |
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actors agency agrarian analysis analyzed argument asceticism associated auspiciousness and inauspiciousness behavior Bhagavad Gita bhakti boundaries Bourdieu Brahmans capital caste groups caste system central Chapter characteristic complex concept concern conformity context contingency contrast crucial cultural deity devotees dharma Dharmasastras discussion dominant Dumont economic elaborate elites emphasize endogamy especially example exchange gifts higher status Hindu Hinduism human hypergamy identity ideology important Inden India Indian caste system involves isogamy jajmani kanyadana karma king Kshatriyas legitimacy marriage alliances means mobility moksa moral notions objectification one's patterns political power primarily processes puja purity and impurity rational choice theory relationships relatively religion religious role sacral sacred salvation sanctions sexual significant simply Smarta social structure societies Sociology soteriology South South India specific status groups Sudras symbols Tantrism tendency theoretical theory tion tradition transformation types University Press usually Vaisya varna village Weber worldly worship