Paria , pariah (from there. Parayan ) is one of the untouchable castes in Tamiland in southern India .
In European languages, the word "pariah" has acquired the meaning of "outcast", "disenfranchised." According to the German sociologist Maximilian Weber - a disenfranchised group of the population, deprived of the necessary social contacts and the possibility of entering other social groups. Typically, such a group has its own religion, justifying lawlessness and contempt [1] .
Content
Compliance in other countries
- In Japan, pariahs (“this” - “desecrated, dirty” or “ burakumin ” - “residents of special settlements”) were primarily people who worked on carcasses of animals and came into contact with blood. Previously, they lived in special isolated settlements (“Tokushu-Burak”), which other people could not enter. [2]
- In a figurative sense - an outcast of society.
See also
- The Untouchables (castes)
Notes
- ↑ Glossary.ru: Social Strata
- ↑ Alexander Chantsev . These glorious monsters // New Literary Review, 2006, No. 80.
Links
- Pariah - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .