The various varnas have been portrayed in transformative colonial discourse as static in nature; a caste/tribe/class nonrelational type ontology has been imposed on them. in western ideological ontology, obligations are slotted in secondarily in terms of a patronizing ideology (eg, noblesse oblige, deontological duty), in contrast to heathen ontology where the relational forms the very core of the self.
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Static Caste/class/race/tribe mapped out onto relational varna categories
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