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The Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics: Chronicling Continuity and Change de Ayan Guha

The Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics: Chronicling Continuity and Change: Studies in Critical Social Sciences, cartea 221

Autor Ayan Guha
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 sep 2022
The Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics: Chronicling Continuity and Change critically engages with the dynamics of caste in the politics of West Bengal which unlike other parts of India has remained relatively free from large scale caste based political mobilisation. The insignificance of caste in West Bengal politics has remained an enigma. Yet Caste question in West Bengal politics has remained under-researched. However, there has been a growing interest in the politics of caste in West Bengal in recent years and this interest has grown due to the end of the world’s longest serving democratically elected Communist government (1977-2011) that followed a class centric non-identitarian politics. It is in this backdrop that this book explores the reasons for the relative insignificance of caste in post-colonial West Bengal’s politics and also assesses the future possibilities of caste-based identity politics in the state.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789004511811
ISBN-10: 9004511814
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Studies in Critical Social Sciences

Notă biografică

Ayan Guha, Ph.D is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi. He is also currently associated with the York Centre for Asian Research, York University, Toronto as an External Research Associate. He has published extensively on caste and dalit politics.

Recenzii

“Through meticulous research and balanced analysis, this book critically examines Bengal’s claim to caste exceptionalism. It is the most analytically sound and theoretically grounded book on the subject that I have read in recent years. Everyone interested in the sociology and politics of caste in Bengal must read it.”
–– Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Emeritus Professor of History, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

“This book is an important contribution to the burgeoning literature on caste in contemporary West Bengal, a state long considered as ‘exceptional’ for being caste-blind and not having an overtly castebrutal society. The book will remain a valuable testimony of a time when dalit politics is torn between callings of radical autonomy and conquests of Hindutva hegemony.”
–– Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya, Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

“Ayan Guha has written an important and insightful book elucidating the complex trajectories of caste practice, politics and consciousness in West Bengal. Compelling reading for those interested in caste, representation and politics in India.”
–– Hugo Gorringe, Senior Lecturer of Sociology and Co-director, Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Acknowledgements

List of Tables

1Introduction Setting the Agenda of Analysis
1 Posing the Problem: West Bengal’s Exceptionalism

2 Contemporary Critiques of West Bengal’s Exceptionalism

3 Research Rationale

4 Thematic Outline and Approach


2Caste and Nature of Political Mobilization Emerging Trends
1 Rise of the Matua Factor

2 bjp’s Matua Outreach: A New Relationship

3 ‘Politics of Memory’ and Political Narrative

4 Contextualising Dalit Mobilisation in West Bengal

5 Interplay of Memory and Politics at the Grassroots


3Analysing Patterns of Political Representation Continuity or Change
1 Explaining ‘Rise of Caste’ Hypothesis

2 Two Concepts of Representation: A Brief Theoretical Exploration

3 Mapping Trends of Political Representation in West Bengal

4 Decoding Political Outlook towards Representation


4Caste and Politics of Numbers Delving Deep into Demography
1 Demographic Fragmentation of Caste Groups

2 Geographic Concentration of Caste Groups

3 Demography and Political Aggregation of Caste Interests


5Material Basis of Caste Putting Political Economy into Perspective
1 Caste and Economic Aspects of Identity Politics

2 Caste Identity and Patterns of Landholding

3 Caste and Relative Deprivation

4 Land and Agrarian Politics

5 Other Economic Indicators

6 Economic Development and Politics of Caste Coalition


6Micro-politics in Rural Society Social Imagination, Political Culture and Economic Reality at the Grassroots
1 Existing Findings about Micro-Dynamics of Caste in West Bengal: An Overview

2 A Note on Methodology

3 Geography and Demography of the Village under Study

4 Caste and Class: Converging, Diverging and Intersecting Identities

5 Cultural Dynamics of Caste

6 Locating Caste in Politics at the Grassroots

7 Summing Up


7Unmasking Political Culture Workings of Cultural Dynamics in Mainstream Politics
1Bhadralok: Decoding the Sociological Category

2 Emergence and Evolution of the Bhadralok

3 From Culture to Politics: Tracing the Roots of Bhadralok Hegemony

4 Dynamics of a Discourse: Political Culture in Operation

5 Break from Past: Towards a ‘Critical Juncture’?


8Conclusion Summing Up

Bibliography

Index