Mythos and Logos of The Warlis: A Tribal Worldview (Castes and Tribes of India Series-4)

by Avellino Remedios, Ajay Dandekar

Overview

A tribe viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states, though some modem theorists hold that contemporary tribes can only be understood in terms of their relationship to states. Archaeologists continue to explore the development of pre-state tribes. Current research suggests that tribal structures constituted one type of adaptation to situations providing plentiful yet unpredictable resources. Such structures proved flexible enough to coordinate production and distribution of food in times of scarcity, without limiting or constraining people during times of surplus of world tribes. This includes comprehensive account of the socio cultural profile and development programmers of tribes of the world. An attempt has been made to include most of the tribes from the deferent parts of the world. This encyclopaedia will be much useful to students, teachers and scholars studying tribes in India and abroad.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789354398094
Publisher:	Arts & Science Academic Publishing
Publication date:	06/30/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	308
File size:	320 KB

About the Author

Fr. Avellino Remedios has spent most of his life with the Warlis of the Thane district First as a Jesuit seminarian and now as a priest he shares a special relationship with the Warlis. He brings a lifetime of experience to this work.

Dr. Ajay Dandekar did his doctorate from the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University in the early nineties. Since then he has been associated with the IGNCA and later a lecturer at Deccan College. His primary interests are with the pastoralists and hunter-gatherers of western India He is now a Senior Research Fellow at the Social Science Centre. Mumbai, and a trustee of the Gunter Sometime foundation, Pune.