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This document discusses the philosophical foundations of the practice of untouchability in India. It begins by exploring the phenomenology of touch, drawing from Indian and Western philosophical traditions in which touch was considered an important sense. It then analyzes the meaning of touch and different meanings of "untouchable". The paper concludes by arguing that the concept of untouchability was essential to Brahmin identity, and the displacement of this characteristic onto Dalits illustrates the phil

Author

Angel Jimmy George

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