Description: 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.
Brief description: 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).
Review Quotes: "This important collection moves seamlessly between premodern and modern iterations of caste to illuminate philosophically rich and diverse regional debates which challenge any singular focus on caste's coloniality. Their inquiry into the historical ontology of caste across diverse disciplinary domains opens new horizons for future research while recalling the depth, duration, and remarkable durability of an anticaste philosophy." --Anupama Rao, Professor of History and MESAAS; Director, Institute for Comparative Literature and Society; and convenor of the Ambedkar Initiative at Columbia University, USA