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Status and sacredness: a general theory of status relations and an analysis of Indian culture

Murray Milner
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • A Note on Foreign Words (page xv)
  • 1. Introduction (page 3)
  • 2. Theoretical Concepts (page 18)
  • 3. A Theory of Status Relationships: Key Elements (page 29)
  • 4. Key Features of Indian Society: What Is to Be Explained (page 42)
  • 5. Explaining the Key Features of Caste (page 53)
  • 6. The Social Categories of Traditional India (page 63)
  • 7. The Articulation of Status and Material Resources: Political and Economic Legitimacy (page 80)
  • 8. A Theory of Status Relationships: Additional Elements (page 97)
  • 9. Cultural Codes and Rituals: I (page 106)
  • 10. Cultural Codes and Rituals: II (page 124)
  • 11. Status Relations in Marriage Alliances (page 143)
  • 12. On the Nature of Sacredness (page 163)
  • 13. The Worship of Gods (page 172)
  • 14. Salvation and Soteriology (page 189)
  • 15. Eschatology (page 204)
  • 16. Conclusions (page 228)
  • Glossary (page 243)
  • Notes (page 257)
  • Bibliography (page 303)
  • Index (page 324)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
AE 24.1 (Feb. 1997): 255 http://www.jstor.org/stable/646622
JRAI 3.1 (Mar. 1997): 197-198 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3034412
SOCR 57.1 (Spring 1996): 110 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3712014
SF 74.1 (Sep. 1995): 366-368 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2580656
AJS 101.1 (Jul. 1995): 237-238 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2782519
JAS 54.2 (May 1995): 602-603 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2058818
CA 36.5 (Dec. 1995): 894-895 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2744046
CS 24.5 (Sep. 1995): 612-614 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2077346
JAOS 116.4 (Oct. - Dec. 1996):752-753 http://www.jstor.org/stable/605449
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Published: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780195083347 (hardcover)
  • 9780195084894 (paper)
  • 9780195359121 (ebook)
Subject
  • Sociology
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