[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) › c19.s14.6 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s14.6 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s14.6 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s14.6) 6. This may be helpful in dealing with the occurrence of Hindu and Muslim castes. When too narrowly defined as a specific Hindu phenomenon, the otherwise obvious and justified use of the term "caste" becomes unnecessarily problematic (see Louis Dumont, \*Homo Hierarchicus\* \[Paris, 1966\], 255–263, paras. 102, 103. - [Previous: c19.s14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s14.5) - [Next: c19.s14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s14.7) - [Up: c19.s14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s14.6) · Pramāṇa