Reforms divide into secular, religion-conforming, and religion-opposed species

Evidence

Social reforms fall into different species. There is a species of reform which does not relate to the religious notions of a people, but is purely secular in character. There is also a species of reform which relates to the religious notions of a people. Of such a species of reform, there are two varieties. In one, the reform accords with the principles of the religion, and merely invites people who have departed from it, to revert to them and to follow them. … The second is a reform which not only touches the religious principles but is diametrically opposed to those principles, and invites people to depart from and to discard their authority, and to act contrary to those principles. Caste is the natural outcome of certain religious beliefs which have the sanction of the shastras, which are believed to contain the command of divinely inspired sages who were endowed with a supernatural wisdom and whose commands, therefore, cannot be disobeyed without committing a sin. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 955

Categorization

• DEFINE: Ambedkar’s taxonomy of social reform types is a useful analytical framework—three species by relation to religious principle.
• XREF: Provides conceptual vocabulary directly relevant to the reader’s research on caste annihilation as a project. — connects to: Capitalism emerged ideologically through intensified spiritualization rather than secularization; Real change requires discarding rather than reforming the old religion; Mode of production can assign dominance to politics or religion in different epochs (+2 more)
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 955

Broader Connections

• Capitalism emerged ideologically through intensified spiritualization rather than secularization #contradicts (0.70)
• Real change requires discarding rather than reforming the old religion #complicates (0.60)
• Mode of production can assign dominance to politics or religion in different epochs #expands (0.55)