Caste and nature : Dalits and Indian environmental politics / Mukul Sharma

Author: Sharma, Mukul, 1961-
Published: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition: First edition.
Physical Description: 1 online resource

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Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.Eco-casteism: Sulabh and the Denial of Dalit Existence -- 2.Dalit Environmental Visions -- 3.Ambedkar and Environmental Thought -- 4.Dalit Memories and Water Rights -- 5.The Dalit Mountain Man and New Commons.

Summary

Rarely do Indian environmental discourses examine nature through the lens of caste. Whereas nature is considered as universal and inherent, caste is understood as a constructed historical and social entity. Mukul Sharma shows how caste and nature are intimately connected. He compares Dalit meanings of environment to ideas and practices of neo-Brahmanism and certain mainstreams of environmental thought. Showing how Dalit experiences of environment are ridden with metaphors of pollution, impurity and dirt, the author is able to bring forth new dimensions on both environment and Dalits, without valourising the latter's standpoint.

Subject(s)

Caste—India—History
Caste—Social aspects—India
Caste—Religious aspects—Hinduism
Caste—Political aspects—India
Dalits—Religious life—India
Environmentalism—Religious aspects—Hinduism
Environmentalism—Political aspects—India

ISBN

9780199090969 (ebook)

Audience Notes

Specialized.

Note

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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