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The Sociopolitical Effects of Ideological Change: the Buddhist Conversion of Maharashtrian Untouchables |
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Gokhale, Jayashree B. (著)
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The Journal of Asian Studies
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| Volume | v.45 n.2 |
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| Date | 1986.02 |
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| Pages | 269 - 292 |
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| Publisher | Association for Asian Studies |
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https://www.asian-studies.org/
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| Location | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | 300
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| Keyword | Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramj, 1891-1956; Bauddha Jana Panchayat Samiti; Buddhist converts from Hinduism; untouchables; Sociology, Hindu; social movements; social change; Politics and religion; People's education society (India); man (Buddhism); Mahars; leadership, religious; India--religion; Ideology; community (theology); caste--India; 宗教流動=改信=Conversion=Metanoia; Buddhism -- India -- Maharashtra; India -- Social conditions; India -- Scheduled tribes |
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| Abstract | The conversion of the Mahars to Buddhism in October 1956 was an ambitious attempt to construct a new ideology fundamentally opposed to the traditional Hindu system of beliefs, which had been destructive for the individual psyches as well as for the collective existence of Untouchables. The conversion was intended to transform the consciousness, both individual and collective, of the Mahar-Buddhists through the creation of new institutions and new modes of social interaction. The conversion was effective in inculcating a new ideology and relationships among the Mahar-Buddhists, and it did serve to make the community more cohesive and self-confident than it had been. Yet, because of the intrusion of the reservation issue and the ambiguous constitutional status of the Buddhists, they became more isolated from Untouchable communities than they had been. The conversion also had unexpected effects that ultimately reinforced divisions and class tensions both among Untouchable communities and within wider Maharashtrian society.
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| Table of contents | Untouchables and the Traditional Hindu Order 270
Origins of the Buddhist Conversion 273
The Conversion and the Converts 275
Buddhist Institutions 279
The Buddhist Elite 282
List of References 287
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| ISSN | 00219118 (P); 17520401 (E) |
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| Hits | 296 |
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| Created date | 1998.04.28
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| Modified date | 2021.05.20 |
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