About Jonathan H. Turner
Jonathan H. Turner is a prominent American sociologist, who has made significant contributions to the fields of social theory, organizational theory, and sociology of emotions. He was born in 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri, and obtained his Ph.D. in sociology from Cornell University in 1968.
In that Country the laws of religion, the laws of the
land, and the laws of honour, are all united and
consolidated in one, and bind a man eternally to the
rules of what is called his caste.
—Edmund Burke1
Nicholas B. Dirks is an American academic and the former Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley. Dirks is the author of numerous books on South Asian history and culture, primarily concerned with the impact of British colonial rule. In June 2020, Dirks was named president and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences. Dirks is the author of numerous books on South Asian history and culture, primarily concerned with the impact of British colonial rule. His most famous works include The Hollow Crown: Ethnohistory of an Indian Kingdom (1987), Castes of Mind (2001), and The Scandal of Empire (2006). In these works, Dirks advanced the research on how British rule shaped the culture of the Indian subcontinent and how Britain became influenced by its colonies.
"Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India" is a book written by Nicholas B. Dirks, which explores the origins and evolution of the caste system in India. In the introduction, "The Modernity of Caste," Dirks argues that the caste system is not an ancient or fixed tradition but rather a modern construction that emerged in the colonial period.
