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

This edited volume explores how caste has been theorized and critiqued in multiple philosophical, religious and narrative traditions in India across ancient, medieval and modern times.

About the author

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).

Product details

• Assisted by: Prathama Banerjee (Editor), Janaki Nair (Editor), Mrinalini Sinha (Editor), Shabnum Tejani (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.06.2026
• EAN: 9781350355040
• ISBN: 978-1-350-35504-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries