From Ritual Scapegoats to Actual Scapegoats: Different Practices of Scapegoating in Premodern Caste Societies
The following article conducts two case studies into the premodern caste societies of medieval Bengal and early modern Japan. The Pirali Brahmins in Bengal and eta-hinin castes of Japan—both became scapegoats during these periods and were subject to popular disgust and stigma. The common aspects are...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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| In: |
Comparative sociology
Year: 2023, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 389-409 |
| Further subjects: | B
Brahmin
B Fear B René Girard B Stigma B Caste B eta-hinin B Scapegoat |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The following article conducts two case studies into the premodern caste societies of medieval Bengal and early modern Japan. The Pirali Brahmins in Bengal and eta-hinin castes of Japan—both became scapegoats during these periods and were subject to popular disgust and stigma. The common aspects are that they were both close to the centres of power, and that these castes were feared in the ancient period for their supernatural prowess and they served as ritual scapegoats in pollution cleaning rituals. How they both became actual scapegoats from being ritual scapegoats is explored in this article using the framework popularized by the works of René Girard. |
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| ISSN: | 1569-1330 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Comparative sociology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15691330-bja10086 |
