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When a great tradition modernizes: an anthropological approach to Indian civilization

Singer, Milton B.

Year: 1972.

Publisher: Praeger.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

Foreword by M. N. Srinivas

Preface

Acknowledgements

A Note on Transcription and Pronunciation

PART ONE: INDIA AND THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CIVILIZATIONS

Introduction

1. Passage to More than India: A Sketch of Changing European and American Images

2. Text and Context in the Study of Contemporary Hinduism

PART TWO: STRUCTURE AND TRANSFORMATION OF A GREAT TRADITION

Introduction

3. Search for a Great Tradition in Cultural Performances

4. The Social Organization of Sanskritic Hinduism in Madras City

5. Urbanization and Cultural Change: Bhakti in the City

PART THREE: MYTH, RITUAL, AND SOCIAL CHANGE

6. The Rãdhã-Krishna Bhajanas of Madras City

PART FOUR: MODERNIZATION AND TRADITIONALIZATION

Introduction

7. The Social Organization of Indian Civilization

8. Industrial Leadership, the Hindu Ethic, and the Spirit of Socialism

Appendix A: List of Companies

Appendix B: Analysis of Backgrounds of Candidates Applying for Industrial Employment, 1963

PART FIVE: BEYOND TRADITION AND MODERNITY

9. Beyond Tradition and Modernity in Madras

Selected Bibliography

Index

reviews

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Title:

When a great tradition modernizes : an anthropological approach to Indian civilization Milton Singer ; foreword by M. N. Srinivas.

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Singer, Milton B

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When a great tradition modernizes : an anthropological approach to Indian civilization Milton Singer ; foreword by M. N. Srinivas.
Singer, Milton B
New York: Praeger, 1972.

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Subject Headings:

• Hinduism
• Madras (India) -- Civilization
• India -- Civilization -- 1947-

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