Post-Traditional Societies and the Continuity and Reconstruction of Tradition.

Eisenstadt, S. N.

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ERIC Number: EJ070596

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Publication Date: 1972

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Post-Traditional Societies and the Continuity and Reconstruction of Tradition

Eisenstadt, S. N.

Daedalus, 102, 1, 1-27, W 72

Traditional society, viewed as static with little differentiation or specialization as well as low levels of urbanization and literacy, and modern society, characterized as having thorough differentiation, urbanization, literacy, and exposure to mass media, are examined in situations of change as different models of social and political order emerge. (JB)

Descriptors: Change Agents, Cultural Influences, Political Power, Power Structure, Social Change, Social Structure, Social Systems

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