Tweet below highlights ostensible inconsistency b/w
Sanskritization vs
Preserving diversity
No conflict
High-culture emulation exists everywhere
Usually imposed with force/violence
Sanskritization a milder process of cultural emulation, rendered mild by the realities of caste
Sanskritization vs
Preserving diversity
No conflict
High-culture emulation exists everywhere
Usually imposed with force/violence
Sanskritization a milder process of cultural emulation, rendered mild by the realities of caste
In early medieval Europe, the culture of Christianity that radiated from Rome was the "high culture" of the day.
It uprooted the various low cultures of Pagan Northern Europe. There was little give-and-take. Rather a fresh start. A blank slate
It uprooted the various low cultures of Pagan Northern Europe. There was little give-and-take. Rather a fresh start. A blank slate
In India, "brahminical high culture" integrates with local cultures, engages in compromise, and the result of that compromise is what we call "Hinduism"
It is not a violent top-down imposition, but a subtler process of emulation
The reason it is not violent is because of caste
It is not a violent top-down imposition, but a subtler process of emulation
The reason it is not violent is because of caste
