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Synthesis of Traditional and Modern in the Evolution of Third World Societies (Hardcover, New)
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Synthesis of Traditional and Modern in the Evolution of Third World Societies (Hardcover, New)
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In Soviet literature, this theoretical study of the evolution of
Third World countries represents one of the first efforts to
deviate from dogmatic Stalinist methodology in analyzing Eastern
and Western societies. Nodari Simonia compares two Western models
of capitalist development and describes a third model in the
developing countries when analyzing the processes of socio-economic
and state-political development of countries in Asia and North
Africa. Simonia also provides case studies of the third model--of
parliamentary authoritarianism in India and Malaysia; of controlled
democracy in Indonesia, Pakistan, and Egypt; and absolutist regimes
in Saudi Arabia and Iran under the Shah. This unusual synthesis by
a senior Soviet scholar should provoke considerable interest among
academics and professionals engaged in Soviet, political theory,
and social and economic development studies. This initial study in
Greenwood's new Series on Soviet and American Studies on the Third
World first defines the major characteristics of countries in
Western Europe where the birth of capitalism was a spontaneous
process, and then points to other countries where capitalism
arrived later and transitional and catch up processes were needed.
The first part of the book gives a historical explanation for much
of what is happening in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe today.
The second part discusses the emergence and development of
capitalism in Eastern or Oriental countries and how capitalism was
introduced and developed under external military-political
pressures. Simonia also shows how colonialism was an objectively
inevitable process. The author counters traditional Soviet views
and also argues against some Western and Oriental scholars on
questions concerning the synthesis of traditional and modern
characteristics in Asia and North Africa. The third part of the
book examines different versions of synthesis in these states. A
short bibliography and index complete the book.
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