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What if we could imagine hierarchy not as a social ill, but as a source of social hope? Taking us into a "caste of thieves" in northern India, Nobody's People depicts hierarchy as a normative idiom through which people imagine better lives and pursue social ambitions. Failing to find a place inside hierarchic relations, the book's heroes are "nobody's people": perceived as worthless, disposable and so open to being murdered with no regret or remorse. Following their journey between death and hope, we learn to perceive vertical, non-equal relations as a social good, not only in rural Rajasthan, but also in much of the world—including settings stridently committed to equality. Challenging egalo-normative commitments, Anastasia Piliavsky asks scholars across the disciplines to recognize hierarchy as a major intellectual resource.

Kanjar (South Asian people) --- Social conditions. --- Hierarchy theory. --- caste theory. --- criminal tribes. --- egalitarianism. --- hope. --- patronage. --- personhood. --- policing. --- theft. --- value. --- Baid (South Asian people) --- Bhain (South Asian people) --- Chhara (South Asian people) --- Gehar Kanjar (South Asian people) --- Ghiara (South Asian people) --- Giarah (South Asian people) --- Kachhanda (South Asian people) --- Kanchan (South Asian people) --- Kañjārabhāṭa (Indic people) --- Kanjarbhat (South Asian people) --- Kanjari (South Asian people) --- Kanjhar (South Asian people) --- Kanjia (South Asian people) --- Kanjir (South Asian people) --- Kanjirbhat (South Asian people) --- Kanmaliya (South Asian people) --- Khanjarbhat (South Asian people) --- Khanjiman (South Asian people) --- Kuchbandhia (South Asian people) --- Kuchbandiya (South Asian people) --- Kunjagaru (South Asian people) --- Kunjar (Indic people) --- Kuswadiya (South Asian people) --- Lahid (South Asian people) --- Lodyar (South Asian people) --- Lolyar (South Asian people) --- Marriya (South Asian people) --- Nat (South Asian people) --- Pacheya (South Asian people) --- Pachyeya (South Asian people) --- Patharkat (South Asian people) --- Patharkat Kanjar (South Asian people) --- Patharkat Kunjar (South Asian people) --- Patharkut (South Asian people) --- Patharkut Kanjar (South Asian people) --- Patharkute (South Asian people) --- Pattharchera (South Asian people) --- Pattharkat (South Asian people) --- Sanda (South Asian people) --- Sangtarash (South Asian people) --- Sirikipal (South Asian people) --- Sirkiband (South Asian people) --- Sunkar (South Asian people) --- Thawai (South Asian people) --- Uthwar (South Asian people) --- Ethnology --- Rajasthan (India) --- Radzhastkhan (India) --- Rajwara (India) --- Rājasthāna (India) --- Rajastan (India) --- Раджастхан (India) --- Rayastán (India) --- 拉贾斯坦邦 (India) --- Lajiasitanbang (India) --- State of Rājasthān (India) --- Rajputana (Agency) --- Rural conditions.