Dear Prof. Artur Karp,

 

1. Sanskritization is a process in the direction  just  opposite to the one being brought for direction by the thread initiator. It is the puranic/Hindu/Brahmanic side which does the absorption of local/tribal traditions in the process brought for discussion. In Sanskritization, the non-Sanskritic communities emulate the rituals and practices of the Sanskritic communities.

 

2. Emulation or imitation of the class by the non-class is a process well recognized and well studied in the inductive empirical discipline of sociology. These studies are different from deductive Marxist studies.

 

3. I did not name Professors MN Srinivas, Milton Singer etc. because the issues they were handling are the ones such as Sanskritization that are not relevant in the context of the present thread.

 

4. Disciplines of Sociology and Anthropology have many explanations other than the political motives on the part of the adopter of the other culture, offered for the intercultural processes such as the one being discussed by the thread initiator.

 

5. The thread initiator is justified in choosing one of the explanations for his study. It was with the considerations of propriety that I wanted to focus only on that approach and share my understanding that many books from the Marxist school of scholarship should be useful for the purpose of the thread initiator.

 

Thanks for your patience.

 

Warm regards,

 

Nagaraj   

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