The Modernity of Tradition: Political Development in India

Rudolf, Lloyd I.
Rudolf, Susanne Hoeber
University of Chicago Press
1984
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Summary: 
From Amazon.com: "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."
Language: 
English