Modernity of Tradition: Political Development in India
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Book Overview
Stressing the variations in meaning of modernity and tradition, this work shows how in India traditional structures and norms have been adapted or transformed to serve the needs of a modernizing society. The persistence of traditional features within modernity, it suggests, answers a need of the human condition. Three areas of Indian life are analyzed: social stratification, charismatic leadership, and law. The authors question whether objective historical conditions, such as advanced industrialization, urbanization, or literacy, are requisites for political modernization.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0226731340
ISBN13:9780226731346
Release Date:March 1968
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:316 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Excellent introduction to the political continuty of caste
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
One of the first political science books I have ever read on India, and a benchmark for everything that follows. This book addresses the stability of old notions of politics, the changes in ideas of caste that these "traditional" groupings politically conscious and empowered on local and national levels, and how Gandhi was able to use his Indian background as a fertile field for the liberal politics of the West. A great read.
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