The Modernity of Tradition: Political Development in India - Couverture souple

Rudolph, Lloyd I. I.; Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226731375 ISBN 13 : 9780226731377

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1984

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Lloyd I. Rudolph is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Chicago and coauthor with Susanne Hoeber Rudolph of several books, including, most recently, In Pursuit of Lakshmi, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226731375
• ISBN 13: 9780226731377
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 316
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• Personne responsable: non disponible