Subaltern alternatives on caste, class and ethnicity

Title: Subaltern alternatives on caste, class and ethnicity
Creator: Heredia, Rudolf C.
Date: 2000
Subject: caste; ethnicity; equity; justice; identity; dignity; state; social movement
Identifier: doi:10.1177/006996670003400102; issn:0069-9659
Source: Original source
Is Part Of: Contributions to Indian Sociology
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Abstract: The challenges to the dominant hegemony in this land have focused on the key issues of equity and justice that underlie the quest for identity and dignity. Setting these in a more integrated and holistic context we focus on three crucial issues: caste and hierarchy, caste and class, and caste and ethnicity. We conclude with some more important leads which could be further pursued: a sub-altern hermeneutic, a new understanding of the fragmen tation and shift in our present electoral politics, and the dilemmas of intervention by the state, social movements and market mechanisms. In sum, subaltern alternatives do repre sent a horizon of revolt and revolution, which can fuse with others to construct the identi ties and ideologies for a brave new world.
Bibliographic Citation: Heredia, Rudolf C.. (2000). 'Subaltern alternatives on caste, class and ethnicity'. Contributions to Indian Sociology, 34(1), pp. 37-62.
Extent: Vol. 34, Issue 1, pp. 37-62
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Type: journal-article
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