Peasants and Monks in British India

By: William R. Pinch

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Paperback | 18 June 1996 | Edition Number 1

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In this compelling social history, William R. Pinch tackles one of the most important but most neglected fields of the colonial history of India: the relation between monasticism and caste. The highly original inquiry yields rich insights into the central structure and dynamics of Hindu society-insights that are not only of scholarly but also of great political significance.

Perhaps no two images are more associated with rural India than the peasant who labors in an oppressive, inflexible social structure and the ascetic monk who denounces worldly concerns. Pinch argues that, contrary to these stereotypes, North India's monks and peasants have not been passive observers of history; they have often been engaged with questions of identity, status, and hierarchy-particularly during the British period. Pinch's work is especially concerned with the ways each group manipulated the rhetoric of religious devotion and caste to further its own agenda for social reform. Although their aims may have been quite different-Ramanandi monastics worked for social equity, while peasants agitated for higher social status-the strategies employed by these two communities shaped the popular political culture of Gangetic north India during and after the struggle for independence from the British.

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Non-Fiction History General & World History Regional & National History Asian History Specific Events & Topics in History Social & Cultural History Colonialism & Imperialism National Liberation & Independence Earliest Times to Present Day 20th Century History from 1900 to 2000 Religion & Beliefs

Hinduism Modern History from 1700 to 1900

A Note on Translation and Transliteration
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Peasants, Monks, and Indian History	p. 1
Sadhus and Shudras in North India, ca. 1700-1900	p. 23
Ramanand and Ramanandis, ca. 1900-1940	p. 48
Being Vaishmava, Becoming Kshatriya	p. 81
Culture, Conflict, and Violence in Gangetic India	p. 115
Conclusions	p. 139
Appendix 1: Francis Buchanan	p. 151
Appendix 2: Dharnidharacharya and James Tod	p. 155
Appendix 3: Gopa Charitam	p. 161
Notes	p. 165
Bibliography	p. 215
Index	p. 233
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