User:Jaykul72/mysite/Arguments against Caste System

It is often assumed that Hindu society consists of many hierarchically ordered, professionally structured castes, into which the individual is born and to which he belongs all his life. However, there is no agreement about the nature, scope, and manifestations of castes. The term caste is used for so many social units that it is better to give it up altogether. The caste system is basically a feudal structure, not very different from medieval conditions in Europe. By Axel Michaels in Hinduism: Past and Present, Princeton University Press, page 160

How a castes multiplied: A few families or individuals probably separated from the main body, and having removed to another part of the country, either adopted a new name or were given one by their neighbours. It has been found impossible to obtain a uniform, authentic and complete list of castes composing each faction Lewis, Rice B (1897). Mysore: A gazetteer compiled for government, vol 1. Mysore: Archibald Constable & Co. page 222Lewis, Rice B (1897). Mysore: A gazetteer compiled for government, vol 1. Mysore: Archibald Constable & Co. page 222

Martin Fárek, ‎Dunkin Jalki, ‎Sufiya Pathan Western Foundations of the Caste System

Dirks quotes Nehru “The conflict is between two approaches to the problem of social organisation, which are diametrically opposed to each other: the old Hindu conception of the group being the basic unit of organisation, and the excessive individualism of the west, emphasising the individual above the group.” Dirks, N.B. (2003). Castes of mind : colonialism and the making of modern India. Princeton University Press. Pg 3

Dirk states that For Dumont, caste is seen to express a commitment to social values that the modern world has lost, and it is hard not to read Dumont’s scholarship as a peculiar form of modern Western nostalgia. Dirks, N.B. (2003). Castes of mind : colonialism and the making of modern India. Princeton University Press. Pg 5

Scheduled Castes Vs Caste Hindus: About a Colonial Distinction and Its Legal Implact by Jakob De Roover

The Brahmin, the Aryan, and the Powers of the Priestly Class: Puzzles in the Study of Indian Religion by Marianne Keppens and Jakob De Roover

Sutton, D.R. (2018). ‘So called caste’: S. N. Balagangadhara, the Ghent School and the Politics of grievance. Contemporary South Asia, 26(3), pp.336–349.

Martin Fárek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan, Prakash Shah. (2018). Western Foundations Of The Caste System. Springer publication. ISBN 9783319817439 ‌ ‌