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Analyse the difference between the attributional and interactional approach in studying the caste system.

  • UPSC 2023
  • 10 marks
  • Industrialization and Urbanisation in India

The two approaches answer one question differently: what fixes a caste's rank? The attributional approach says rank follows from what a caste is — its diet, occupation, ritual practice. The interactional approach says rank is produced by what a caste does with others. McKim Marriott framed the distinction while testing caste ranking in the field.

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