Ambedkar defined caste as an endogamous enclosed class in 1916

Evidence

It was while he was there, under the tutelage of John Dewey (of ‘Deweyan liberalism’ fame), Edwin Seligman, James Shotwell, James Harvey Robinson and A.A. Goldenweiser, that he wrote his original, path-breaking paper on caste, “Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development”, in which he argued that caste could not be equated with either race or class, but was a unique social category in itself—an enclosed, endogamous class. When he wrote it, Ambedkar was only twenty-five years old. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 297 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ambedkar borrowed the biological term endosmosis as a political metaphor for group interaction; Ambedkar defined caste as an enclosed, endogamous class distinct from race and class — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 297

Related

• Ambedkar defined caste as an enclosed, endogamous class distinct from race and class (similarity 0.96)
• Ambedkar borrowed the biological term endosmosis as a political metaphor for group interaction (similarity 0.94)
• Ambedkar formulated caste as a unique enclosed endogamous class under Dewey’s tutelage. (similarity 0.93)
• Sub-castes prove caste cannot rest on racial purity. (similarity 0.86)
• Caste’s core structure pairs purity-entitlement at top with pollution-duty at bottom (similarity 0.83)
• Ambedkar argued caste divides labourers themselves, not just labour (similarity 0.82)
• Dalit and Scheduled Caste refer to overlapping but distinct groups (similarity 0.81)
• Ambedkar located caste reproduction in control of women’s sexuality (similarity 0.81)
• Ambedkar saw control of women’s sexuality as a method of caste reproduction. (similarity 0.81)
• Ambedkar declared caste inequality must be rooted out, not merely untouchability (similarity 0.80)
• Outcaste status cannot be ended while caste hierarchy remains (similarity 0.80)
• Caste can only be destroyed by attacking its religious foundations (similarity 0.79)
• Ambedkar saw caste itself, not just untouchability, as the target of annihilation. (similarity 0.79)
• The Ambedkar-Gandhi conflict embodied irreconcilable caste-class interests (similarity 0.78)
• Ambedkar framed caste as a sickness endangering all Indians beyond Hindus (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Ambedkar defined caste as an enclosed, endogamous class distinct from race and class #corroborates (0.95) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 297