Textual Lives of Caste Across the Ages: Hierarchy, Humanity and Equality in Indian History

Author:   Prathama Banerjee (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, India) ,  Janaki Nair ,  Mrinalini Sinha (University of Michigan USA) ,  Shabnum Tejani (Soas University of London UK)
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Pages:   296
Publication Date:   28 May 2026
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Textual Lives of Caste Across the Ages: Hierarchy, Humanity and Equality in Indian History


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Author:   Prathama Banerjee (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, India) ,  Janaki Nair ,  Mrinalini Sinha (University of Michigan USA) ,  Shabnum Tejani (Soas University of London UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781350355040


ISBN 10:   1350355046
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   28 May 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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""This important collection moves seamlessly between premodern and modern iterations of caste to illuminate philosophically rich and diverse regional debates which challenge any singular focus on caste's coloniality. Their inquiry into the historical ontology of caste across diverse disciplinary domains opens new horizons for future research while recalling the depth, duration, and remarkable durability of an anticaste philosophy."" --Anupama Rao, Professor of History and MESAAS; Director, Institute for Comparative Literature and Society; and convenor of the Ambedkar Initiative at Columbia University, USA


This important collection moves seamlessly between premodern and modern iterations of caste to illuminate philosophically rich and diverse regional debates which challenge any singular focus on caste’s coloniality. Their inquiry into the historical ontology of caste across diverse disciplinary domains opens new horizons for future research while recalling the depth, duration, and remarkable durability of an anticaste philosophy. * Anupama Rao, Professor of History and MESAAS; Director, Institute for Comparative Literature and Society; and convenor of the Ambedkar Initiative at Columbia University, USA *


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Prathama Banerjee is Professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, India. A historian of 19th- and 20th-century India, her research interests include political, intellectual and cultural history. Her most recent book is Elementary Aspects of the Political: Histories from the Global South (Duke University Press, 2020).

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