{"product_id":"the-modernity-of-tradition-political-development-in-india-9780226731377","title":"The Modernity of Tradition: Political Development in India","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lloyd I. Rudolph\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStressing 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47615318196375,"sku":"9780226731377","price":4739.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226731377.webp?v=1775099904","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-modernity-of-tradition-political-development-in-india-9780226731377","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}