Race, caste and colonialism

This article addresses Oliver Cromwell Cox’s criticisms of the application of the concept of caste to understand race relations in the southern states of the Unite States. It proposes that there are deep similarities in the experiences of Dalits in India and Blacks in the United States, but argues t...

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Published in:	Current sociology Vol. 72; no. 7; pp. 1245 - 1252
Main Author:	Holmwood, John
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London, England SAGE Publications 01-11-2024 Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:	African Americans Antiquity Black people Capitalism Caste Civil war Colonialism Democracy Independence Race relations Resilience Social structure colonialism casta raza race Inde United States comparaison interculturelle cross-cultural comparison colonialisme violencia États-Unis Estados Unidos escuela de Chicago India comparación transcultural Chicago school École de Chicago Caste colonialismo violence
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Summary:	This article addresses Oliver Cromwell Cox’s criticisms of the application of the concept of caste to understand race relations in the southern states of the Unite States. It proposes that there are deep similarities in the experiences of Dalits in India and Blacks in the United States, but argues that these derive from the modern construction of caste and race in the conjunction of colonialism and capitalism. In each case, the problems do not derive from the resilience of ‘pre-modern’ social structures, but from modern structures of colonialism that continue in the post-civil war United States and post-independence India. They are problems of democracy, not problems to be solved by the application of democratic values.
ISSN:	0011-3921 1461-7064
DOI:	10.1177/00113921241275689