Homo Hierarchicus by Louis Dumont
$15.00
Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and Its Implications is Louis Dumont's influential study of caste and hierarchy in Indian society. Examining religious ideas, status, social structure and the contrast between hierarchical and egalitarian ideologies, it remains a major work in social anthropology and comparative sociology.
Author: Louis Dumont
Publisher: Paladin / Granada Publishing, London
Publication: 1972 Paladin edition; English translation first issued in Great Britain in 1970
Format: Paperback
Pages: 431
Language: English (translated from French)
ISBN-10: 0586080821
ISBN-13: 9780586080825
Condition: Used vintage paperback with cover rubbing, light scuffs, age-related wear at edges and corners and minor spine wear.
Book details
- Authors
- Louis Dumont
- Publisher
- Paladin / Granada Publishing Limited
- Published
- 1972
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paperback
- Edition
- Paladin edition 1972; English translation published 1970
- Subjects
- Anthropology; Caste system; India; Social hierarchy
- Page count
- 431
- ISBN-13
- 9780586080825
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, NON-FICTION BOOKS, VINTAGE BOOKS
Type: NON FICTION
Category: 1970S, @ACH005, @SHOPFLOOR, ANTHROPOLOGY, BOOKS, CASTE SYSTEM, INDIA, LOUIS DUMONT, NON FICTION, PALADIN, SOCIAL HIERARCHY, SOCIOLOGY, SOUTH ASIA, VINTAGE BOOKS
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