Hiérarchie sociale et mouvements de réformes chez les Musulmans du sous-continent Indien

Bibliographic Data

ID2320541
AuthorsMarc Gaborieau (corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume33
Issue2-3
Pages237-256
Publication date1986-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7686 • E-ISSN: 1461-7404
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/003776868603300208
OpenAlexW2142166879
LanguageFR
Citations received3
References cited13

The object of this paper is to analyze the ideas and criteria on which the status hierarchy among South Asian Muslims is founded. This question is a hotly debated one in Western acade mic circles as well as among Muslims themselves. Both tend, for ideological reasons, to build sharply contrasted models: equalita rian Islam opposed to hierarchical Hinduism. The contention of this paper is that both Muslim and Hindu society share basic pre conceptions about social hierarchy; it is erroneous and misleading to contrast them on this point. It is more rewarding to start from this basic homology in the social structure, and then to search for differences; such differences are to be found only at the top of the social hierarchy. As a consequence there is no reason to avoid the word 'caste': the Muslim society appears as a truncated caste system. The ethnographic material used in this paper is reinterpre ted in the light of medieval jurisprudence and of its reformula tions by modern reformers; it is contented that the medieval view of a hierarchical society has not been seriously challenged to this day

Caste · Ethnography · Ethnology · Hierarchy · Hinduism · Humanities · Ideology · Islam · Object (grammar · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies

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