TY  - BOOK
AU  - Debnath, Kunal
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024//
TI  - Caste, marginalisation and resistance: the politics of identity of the Naths (Yogis) of Bengal and Assam
T3  - Studies in critical social sciences volume 274
PB  - Brill
CY  - Leiden
KW  - Jogi-Naths
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Ethnicity
KW  - India
KW  - Social stratification
KW  - Bengal
KW  - Assam
KW  - Caste
KW  - History
KW  - Asian history
KW  - Asiatische Geschichte
KW  - HISTORY / Asia / General
KW  - HISTORY / Middle East / General
KW  - HISTORY / Social History
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
KW  - Political science & theory
KW  - Politikwissenschaft
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
KW  - Social & cultural history
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
KW  - Soziologie
AB  - "The identity politics of the householder Naths (Yogis), on the one hand, is one of the oldest and most persistent identity assertions in Bengal and Assam. On the other, for an array of reasons, the identity assertion of the householder Naths of Bengal and Assam has failed to draw academic curiosity so far. Since the late nineteenth century, a segment of the Naths, largely educated and elite, has been crafting their identity as Brahman grounded on their "origin myth", negotiating with the British colonial administration through different census enumerations, as well as internal social reforms. One of the primary reasons for their current lagging is that the Naths never politicised their identity and demands, and did not mobilise themselves in the democratic political arena"--
SN  - 9789004689381
UR  - https://brill.com/abstract/title/69563
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004689381
DO  - 10.1163/9789004689381
LA  - English
N1  - by Kunal Debnath
ID  - 1876037016
ER  -