Mahatma Gandhi's Views on Caste : Between Tradition and Modernity

圣雄甘地倾向于支持种姓制度，因此与贱民Bhimrao Ambedkar发生了严重冲突，而他与印度教的恶魔主义者划清了界限，后者认为贱民是印度教社会的必要条件。这表明他对种姓的看法既不属于现代也不属于传统，本研究旨在分析他在这样的背景下的思想。他从种姓制度中导出的万有法（vanrashram dharma）规定人们继承祖先的职业，这可以被重新评价为对现代主义和后现代主义的批判，赞成欲望的无限扩张。

Mahatma Gandhi tended to support caste system and therefore severely conflicted Bhimrao Ambedkar, an untouchable, while he drew a clear line with Hindu sanatanists, who considered untouchability necessary for Hindu society. As this indicates his views on caste belong neither to modernity nor tradition, this research aims to analyze his thought in such context. The idea of vanrashram dharma that he educed from caste system stipulates that people inherit their ancestors' occupation, which could be reevaluated as a critique of modernism and postmodernism that would approve of limitless expansion of desire.