[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) › c2.1 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c2.1 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c2.1 - **Language:** English ### [c2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c2.1) | | Preface | ix | | | Introduction | 1 | | | | | | 1 | India and the Inner Conflict of Tradition | 10 | | 2 | Brahmin, Ritual, and Renouncer | 26 | | 3 | The Case of the Severed Head | 45 | | 4 | The Flood Story in Vedic Ritual | 59 | | 5 | The Origin of the \*Nāstika\* | 70 | | 6 | Vedic Sacrifice and Transcendence | 81 | | 7 | Ritual, Revelation, and the Axial Age | 95 | | 8 | The Conundrum of the King’s Authority | 108 | | 9 | Kauṭilya and the Ancient Indian State | 128 | | 10 | Power, Priesthood, and Authority | 141 | | 11 | Western Expansion, Indian Reaction: Mughal Empire and British Raj | 158 | | 12 | Caste, Village, and Indian Society | 180 | | 13 | Caste and Karma: Max Weber’s Analysis of Caste | 194 | | | | | | | Notes | 205 | | | Index | 249 | - [Previous: c1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c1.10) - [Next: c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c3.1) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c2.1) · Pramāṇa