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Caste System studies in India have been dominated by the ‘book-view’ initially. How did the entry of ‘field-view’ bring about a balance in the study of Indian caste system? Discuss.

  • UPSC 2021
  • Caste System

The book-view derives knowledge of caste from scripture; the field-view from observation of living communities. Indian sociology began with the first and was corrected, though not replaced, by the second. The balance the question asks about lies precisely in that "not replaced".

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  • The book-view and what it produced
  • What the field-view found instead
  • How this produced balance rather than replacement
  • Conclusion

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