Posted in Tradition and Modernity: Misplaced Polarities in the Study of Social Change /Joseph R. Gusfield)
In his article, the author is challenging the linear (phased) theory of modernization (that is intended to bring modernity to non western societies): he is using the term fallacies to show that the bases of the modernization theory are nor true regarding a sharp polarity between traditional and modern .
To answer the Reading question : explain how the author is arguing every one of the seven assumptions of the traditional-modern polarity. (300 words)
