Abstract

There is a constant effort in this volume to reveal the complexity of tradition, to explore continuities between past and present, and to recognize how these are often expressed in deep relationships between politics and politics.[...] The post-traditional societies treated in this volume include India and Pakistan; the Soviet Union, China, and Japan; Burma, Thailand, Ceylon, Cambodia and Laos; Turkey, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Senegal. These societies demonstrate the gargantuan dimensions of the task of transforming traditional societies.--Cover.