Question

What are the various pre-requisites for the process of Sanskritisation?

Answer 1

Pre-requisites of Sanskritisation:

The necessary conditions for Sanskritisation are:

(i) A transformation in the self-image of the caste or group supported by higher status aspiration;

(ii) Betterment of social and economic status of the aspiring castes,

(iii) The closure of stratification system in respect of social roles, occupations, economic competition and competition for power, status etc. except through emulation of customs and cultural styles;

(iv) The absence of social and psychological pressures among the aspiring castes to identify upper caste status as negative reference group; and

(v)The absence of organised opposition from the upper castes to such behaviour of the lower castes due to the reasons either psychological or structural.