Civilisations, markets and services
Village servants in India from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8961460 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guha (0000-0001-8983-3874, Brown University, corresponding author), Sumit Guha |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-101 |
| Publication date | 2004-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Indian Economic & Social History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-4646 • E-ISSN: 0973-0893 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001946460404100105 |
| OpenAlex | W2009989483 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
This article focuses on the history of the set of practices labelled jajmani. These practices have been cited as evidence that a fundamentally inegalitarian spiritual principle could transcend and limit the economic domain. That idea underpins the belief that human beings must be grouped in mutually exclusive 'civilisations'. Projected geo-politically. the 'civilisation' is then endowed by Samuel Huntington with the Hobbesian, self-aggrandising traits of the nation- state. I suggest that we eschew grand unifying principles and try understand the meanings and motives that generate the repetitive patterns of meaningful interaction which we refer to as a 'society', a 'social practice or an 'institution
Civilization · Domain (mathematical analysis · Economics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Institution · Political economy · Political science · Positive economics · Set (abstract data type · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,61 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |