Question

Define caste .Discuss the attributional approach to the study of caste in India​

Answer 1

Answer:

it is very bad system of india not only of in also of some other countries

Answer 2

Caste can be defined as categories of people made on the basis of socio-economic factors such as wealth , assets, education, heritage and living standard etc.

• Caste systems can be observed in Asian countries , Africa and Europe and some portions of the United States.

• People on the lower level of this hierarchy face a lot of discrimination and difficulties in their lives.

• Fortunately, Caste system has declined significantly because of urbanization and affirmative  action plans.

• Attributes are intrinsic qualities associated with the caste system As such, each caste should be involved in these attributes essentially. In the 1930s Ghurye wrote , that each caste was hierarchically separated from the other. This order was legally derived from attributes of a caste. These were:

1. Segmental Division: Membership in a caste group is acquired by birth and is in the rank in contrast to other castes
2. Hierarchy: From the above, high rank orders or superiority or inferiority relations were arranged. While Brahms were acknowledged as high, untouchables were in the very bottom of the hierarchy
3. Caste Restrictions: These were imposed on every caste that allowed its members to associate with specific groups of people only. It included their clothing, their voice, their customs, their rituals, and their food. The system was designed to maintain the purity of the members of the group, therefore of the caste.
4. Caste Pollution: In this idea, a caste made every effort to prevent pollution caused by polluting objects (those that were unclean or lowest caste). This pollution shielding is reflected in the caste group's residential separation . Traditional Occupation: Ghurye thought that every caste was held historically by clean castes, whereas the unclean and unclean caste had depilatory castes.
5. Endogamy: This feature of the castes was very distinct and necessary to retain it as a group with a distinctive character. Basically it maintained that only in one's own caste could one marry..