Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and its Implications/

Dumont, Louis

Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and its Implications/ Louis Dumont - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. - li, 490p. ; softbound 13.5*21 cm.

1. History of ideas
2. From system to structure
3. Hierarchy: the theory of the Varna
4. The Division of Labour
5. The regulation of marriage
6. Rules concerning contact and food
7. Power and territory
8. caste government
9. concomitants and implications
10. Comparison: are there castes among non-hindus and outside India?
11. comparison

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