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Distinguish between : Positional change and structural change.

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  • Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society

The distinction is M. N. Srinivas', and he drew it to say precisely what Sanskritisation does and does not accomplish. A caste that takes up twice-born custom may climb, but the ladder it climbs is left standing. Positional change moves units within a structure; structural change alters the principles by which the structure is built.…

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  • Criteria-wise contrast
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  • The Dalit and Marxist objection
  • Has recent change been positional or structural?
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