The Modernity of Tradition: Political Development in India (Midway Reprint)

Rudolph, Lloyd I.; Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber

ISBN 10: 0226731375 / ISBN 13: 9780226731377

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1984

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Modernity of Tradition: Political Development in India (Midway Reprint)
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226731375
• ISBN 13: 9780226731377
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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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.

About the Authors

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.

Susanne Hoeber Rudolph is the William Benton Distinguished Service Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago and coauthor with Lloyd I. Rudolph of several books, including, most recently, In Pursuit of Lakshmi, also published by the University of Chicago Press.