The Politics of Guilt: Debating Untouchability and Reservation

Authors

  • Monika Master in Arts (Political Science), Maharshi Dayanand University(Rohtak)

Keywords:

untouchability, symbolic, substantial, components, society

Abstract

In this paper, I will be looking into the question of untouchability in particular reference to the Scheduled Castes population in India. The question of collective guilt is enquired through the framework of untouchability in this section. This section intends to enquire the extent to which the independent Indian state has failed or succeeded in adhering to the notion of collective guilt for addressing the symbolic and substantial components of the practice of untouchability. This section does not intend only to enquire untouchability through the framework of collective guilt; rather, the framework of collective guilt is also enquired by the practical parameters of untouchability

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31-03-2019

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Monika. (2019). The Politics of Guilt: Debating Untouchability and Reservation. International Journal for Research Publication and Seminar, 10(1), 60–68. Retrieved from https://jrps.shodhsagar.com/index.php/j/article/view/1243

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2019): january-march

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