Caste and nature : Dalits and Indian environmental politics / Mukul Sharma.
Sharma, Mukul, 1961-| Call Number | 305.51220954 |
| Author | Sharma, Mukul, 1961- author. |
| Title | Caste and nature : Dalits and Indian environmental politics / Mukul Sharma. |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource |
| Notes | This edition previously issued in print: 2017. |
| 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 | 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. |
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| 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. |
| Notes | This edition previously issued in print: 2017. |
| Subject | 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. |
| Multimedia |