<p>Investigating the relationship between early Buddhism and the society in which it developed, this study analyzes aspects of the social, political, religious, and economic environment of the Buddha's era, including the Buddhist system of stratification; the social origins of the bhikkhus and the upasakas; the role of power; the category of gahapati; and the Buddhist concept of the ideal socio-political system.</p>

Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism

Religion & Spirituality

Uma Chakravarti

Buddhism

Munshiram Manoharlal Publisher

Thinking Gender, Doing Gender: Feminist Scholarship and Practice Today

Orient Blackswan

Examining the crucial linkages between caste and gender, undertaken, perhaps, for the first time, Uma Chakravarti unmasks the mystique of consensus in the workings of the caste system to reveal the underlying violence and coercion that perpetuate a severely hierarchical and unequal society. The subordination of women and the control of female sexuality are crucial to the maintenance of the caste system, creating what feminist scholars have termed brahmanical patriarchy. She discusses the range of patriarchal practice within the larger framework of sexuality, labour and access to material resources, and also focuses on the centrality of endogamous marriages that maintain the system. Erudite yet accessible, this book enables the reader to understand the interface of gender and caste and to participate in its critical analysis.

Gendering Caste: Through a Feminist Lens

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Stree

Shadow Lives: Writings on Widowhood

Preeti Gill

Sociology

Zubaan

On the Social Philosophy of Buddhism: Four Essays

Indian Institute of Advance Study

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