I was looking forward to reading this book as I have lived in India and found the caste system interesting and then I am studying an A Level in Anthropology and wished to learn more about Socio-centric systems of personhood. Unfortunately it was a huge let down! Initially I tried reading the 60's version and the English was difficult to follow and it seemed like it wasnt translated well so I purchased this version and it was hardly any better. I am not sure if its the translation or just the style of the writer. I have read Durkheims books, Levi Strauss, for example, which take concentration but they make sense, however I didnt get anything useful about the caste system from this book at all.
If you want to know a brief history and possible origins of the system, I recommend The Penguin History of Early India (origins to AD1300) Professor Romila Thapar's 2002 as this has a great section on caste origins. I learned a great deal more about the differences between Jati, varnas etc from this. Perhaps Levi-Strauss would explain structures in social systems, for example, better than this book.
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