01964nam a22002417a 4500 20260217134700.0 251111b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780199477562 Brijwasi Book Distributors H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi BW/000328 04/11/2025 : Technical Bureau : 4794/23, 1st Floor, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi : TB3471 : 11/2/2026 309.20 SHA Sharma, Mukul. Caste and Nature : Dalits and Indian Environmental Politics. / Mukul Sharma. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, , 2017. xxxvi, 296 p. ; 24cm. 770 Rarely do Indian environmental discourses examine nature through the lens of caste. Whereas nature is considered as universal and inherent, caste is understood as a constructed historical and social entity. Mukul Sharma shows how caste and nature are intimately connected. He compares Dalit meanings of environment to ideas and practices of neo-Brahmanism and certain mainstreams of environmental thought. Showing how Dalit experiences of environment are ridden with metaphors of pollution, impurity, and dirt, the author is able to bring forth new dimensions on both environment and Dalits, without valourizing the latter's standpoint. Rather than looking for a coherent understanding of their ecology, the book explores the diverse and rich intellectual resources of Dalits, such as movements, songs, myths, memories, and metaphors around nature. These reveal their quest to define themselves in caste-ridden nature and building a form of environmentalism free from the burdens of caste. The Dalits also pose a critical challenge to Indian environmentalism, which has, until now, marginalized such linkages between caste and nature. Environmental policy Environmentalism Dalits Mukul sharma. BOOK 66610 66610 0 0 ddc 0 0 SNUL SNUL 2025-11-11 Brijwasi Book Distributors 770.00 0 309.20 SHA 31185 2025-11-11 15:06:00 2025-11-11 BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2026-02-17 Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. 770.00 0 309.20 SHA 31331 2026-02-17 13:47:28 2026-02-17 BOOK