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Status and sacredness: a general theory of status relations and an analysis of Indian culture
Murray Milner-
Frontmatter
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A Note on Foreign Words (page xv)
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1. Introduction (page 3)
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2. Theoretical Concepts (page 18)
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3. A Theory of Status Relationships: Key Elements (page 29)
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4. Key Features of Indian Society: What Is to Be Explained (page 42)
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5. Explaining the Key Features of Caste (page 53)
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6. The Social Categories of Traditional India (page 63)
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7. The Articulation of Status and Material Resources: Political and Economic Legitimacy (page 80)
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8. A Theory of Status Relationships: Additional Elements (page 97)
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9. Cultural Codes and Rituals: I (page 106)
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10. Cultural Codes and Rituals: II (page 124)
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11. Status Relations in Marriage Alliances (page 143)
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12. On the Nature of Sacredness (page 163)
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13. The Worship of Gods (page 172)
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14. Salvation and Soteriology (page 189)
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15. Eschatology (page 204)
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16. Conclusions (page 228)
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Glossary (page 243)
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Notes (page 257)
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Bibliography (page 303)
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Index (page 324)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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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
- 9780195083347 (hardcover)
- 9780195084894 (paper)
- 9780195359121 (ebook)