Open AccessModernizaiton as a Problem: An Anthropological View
Author(s) -
Nash Manning
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
central issues in anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1937-6227
pISSN - 0739-7917
DOI - 10.1525/cia.1979.1.1.69
Subject(s) - modernization theory , sociology , process (computing) , epistemology , anthropology , social science , philosophy , political science , computer science , law , operating system
Modernization, as a concept, has been widely used in social science. It has experienced definition and redefinition in its use as a tool to help explain social and cultural change. This article tentatively examines the concept as used in anthropology and suggests a “strategy for study” about an on‐going, historical process.