Kosambi's Quest for Caste
Caste assumed a centrality in D D Kosambi's relentless quest for the origins of Indian society, since for him it was a category to understand socio-economic differences. Kumkum Roy’s essay Kosambi and Questions of Caste published in a 2008 special issue called D D Kosambi: The Man and His Work, first investigates how Kosambi conceptualised caste as a structure. It then examines some specific aspects of his study of caste such as how caste identities were constituted, consolidated and even contested. And, third, the essay seeks to contextualise both the issues and methodologies of Kosambi's scholarship within more recent discussions and debates on caste.
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