Abstract
Autore:
Solinas Pier Giorgio
Titolo:
"Dharma, onore, potere. Disuguaglianze democratiche e giustizia di casta nell´India di oggi"
The village, in contemporary India, represents the pre-modern basic feature of the cultural community as well as the basic element of the national community.
The center must be embodied in its peripheral units: the state should become the country (desh), miniaturizing itself whenever the power merges the countless places which are at the basis of its constituents. In this way we can understand the conflict which takes place between democratic authorities and those that emanate from a moral function internal to each belonging community. The political paradox between subjection (imposition and violence) and participation is by now the outcome. The attempt to minimize disparities coming from the ancient system of caste hierarchies, the governmental provision of reserved seats, subsidies and special lists for the marginalized groups has on the contrary strengthened the historical hierarchies and the claims for supremacy inside the Indian political system.
