[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985) › c17.4 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c17.4 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c17.4 - **Language:** English ### [c17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c17.4) what makes caste in Weber's view a uniquely Indian or Hindu phenomenon is not hierarchy underwritten by the sanction of pollution, but its tie-in with the brahmanic karma doctrine of retribution, the most consistent theodicy ever produced, as he puts it.⁷ - [Previous: c17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c17.3) - [Next: c17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c17.5) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c17.4) · Pramāṇa