Homo Hierarchicus The Caste System and Its Implications

includes index and biblioraphy

Castes and Ourselves ...........1 The individual and Sociology......................4 Individualism and holism ..............8 Rousseau on Equality ................11 Tocqueville on Equality ................13 Tocqueville on Individualism ......17 Necessity of Hierarchy...........19 1. History of Ideas ............21 From system to structure: the pure and the impure ..............33 Hierarcy: THe theory of the varna .........65 The division of Labour.........92 The regulation of Marriage: Separation and hierarchy ...........109 Rules concerning contact and foof.......130 Caste government : Justice and Authority ............167 Concomitants and implications ............184 Comparison: Are three castes among Non-Hindus and outside India ........201 Comparison : The Contemporary Trend ........217