Work involving mostly mental activity is called:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | white-collar work. | Correct Answer: | white-collar work. | | | | | * Question 3 3 out of 3 points | | | The historical replacement of caste systems with class systems:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | replaces one kind of inequality with another. | Correct Answer: | replaces one kind of inequality with another. |
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Major Contemporary Issues 22 Notes COMMUNALISM‚ CASTE AND RESERVATIONS In a democratic system‚ it is quite common that people use different methods for expressing solidarity and achieving political power. In a country like India‚ politics has been dominated by promoting communalism and castism. The social diversities and disparities in our country are understood in terms of the existence of many groups linked to a caste or religion. Tensions have prevailed for long among them
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downtrodden sections of society called Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The special provisions were primarily for a limited period often years from the date of application of constitution. There is no fixed period for continuation of this privilege. The constitutional safeguards continued to be extended each time by ten years. before the period of earlier ten years expired. According to historians‚ the most important factor in the growth of caste system: was the occupations. Occupations were classified
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the suffering and despair of others one day and taught that they should be equal and live in harmony. As stated in The Buddha Dharma Education Association‚ Siddhartha sacrificed all his good fortune he had possessed and tried to feel what his other Indians felt and tried to comfort them with a new teaching and faith (Pilgrimage‚ 1). Furthermore‚ he did this for his own understanding and for all people. According to the chapter from‚ the Life of Buddha by G.P. Malalasekera‚ the Buddha once said‚ “By
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The Indian Caste System first originated in Ancient India and while it has undergone changes throughout different empires‚ it is still present in modern day society. The caste systems were hereditary social classes that had four different Varnas‚ or classifications. The Varna that a person was in depended on their parents and controlled their entire lives. While the Varnas kept order throughout India‚ they also created discrimination and cruelty which is still evident in India today. When the
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ISSN No: 2321-5488 Vol I Issue VIII Feb 2014 ORIGINAL ARTICLE International Multidisciplinary Research Journal Research Direction Editor-in-Chief S.P. Rajguru Welcome to Research Direction ISSN No.2321-5488 Research DirectionJournal is a multidisciplinary research journal‚ published monthly in English‚ Hindi & Marathi Language. All research papers submitted to the journal will be double - blind peer reviewed referred by members of the editorial board readers will include investigator
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modernization theory support? What about dependency theory? What do you think will happen? Why? Briefly describe the main characteristics of caste systems and class systems. How are these types linked to different kinds of economic production (agrarian versus industrial technology)? In what ways are people in class systems more equal than those in caste systems? What are the different justifications for inequality in each case? Question 1 Global inequality has been on the rise over the past century
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April 15‚ 2014 English 30-1 Indian Horse “Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn‚ so that we see ourselves as we really are.” Adversity implies difficulties‚ trouble and misfortune as it tests the potential of man and strengthens his spirit of self confidence. In the novel Indian Horse written by Richard Wagamese there are many circumstances where the main character Saul is forced to overcome the adversity in which
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show the creation of the caste system and social hierarchy. We see the creation of a caste system in Hindu mythology with Brahmin being the highest and Shudra being the lowest. In Chinese mythology we see the creation of a social hierarchy with differences between the rich and the poor. In both these traditions‚ superior beings are responsible for the creation of a social hierarchy. In Hinduism‚ the myth of Purusha‚ the cosmic man‚ explains the creation of the caste system‚ and in Chinese mythology
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book about the struggles of a young Afghan boy as he grows in his changing homeland. An understanding of the caste system and the value of loyalty is essential in comprehending and enjoying The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini. The caste system is one of the most important aspects of Afghan culture‚ causing knowledge of it to be crucial in appreciating The Kite Runner. The caste system is a social hierarchy where when someone is born in a certain position such as poverty‚ then their
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