Gellner’s account of pre-modern society stresses how ‘sword wielders’ (rulers and their warriors) have to come to terms with ‘script users’ (religious leaders and clerks). Coalitions ...

Afghanistan was different, quite clearly a pre-modern society. The vast, barren landscapes in the crystalline air were impossibly romantic, and the people (that is to say the men, for women were not ...

Three leading contemporary artists—Rina Banerjee, Byron Kim, and Howardena Pindell—delve into Asia Society’s Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection of pre-modern art, transforming the way we ...

It is likely that future discussions around such gender identities will be influenced by what we have inherited (from pre-modern societies) as well as what we as a society choose to accept today.

“Traditional Chinese society had its own social discrimination like any other pre-modern society. The system called hukou (huji) allowed the authorities to assign a person’s place, role and ...

To assist the VP of Arts & Culture to develop the strategy and implement the program of innovative and high-quality exhibitions and associated programs of traditional Asian and Asian diaspora art that ...

Modernization refers to progressive transition from a "pre-modern" or "traditional" to a "modern" society. In today's world, modernization comprises industrialization, urbanization and globalization.