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Modernization
Theory
Modernization Theory
TRADITIONAL
SOCIETY MODERN
INTERNAL
FACTORS SOCIETY
TECHNOLOGY GLOBALIZATION
The Theory: Emile Durkheim
MODERN
Émile Durkheim (1858-1917), SOCIETY
French social theorist, who was
one of the pioneers in the TRADITIONAL
development of modern sociology. / SEGMENTAL
He utilized scientific methods to
approach the study of society and SOCIETY
social groups. Durkheim believed
that individuals are products of
complex social forces and cannot
be considered outside of the
context of the society in which
they live. He used the conception
of the collective conscience to
describe the condition of a
particular society.
Traditional Society
- People performed the limited tasks of a simple agrarian community
based on groups of families or clans in village settlements
VILLAGE
VILLAGE
Modern Society
CAPITALISM IN
WESTERN EUROPE
- Western Europeans
practiced careful
investment of capital EAST WEST
SPIRIT OF
CAPITALISM
The Theory: Talcott Parsons
UTILITARIAN – HERMENEUTIC –
POSITIVIST IDEALISTIC
TRADITION TRADITION
Modernity
Tradition
Tradition vs. Modernity
TRADITION MODERNITY
• VALUE OF TRADITIONALISM IS • PEOPLE ARE NOT SLAVES TO
DOMINANT TRADITION
Abba Ptachya
Lerner (October 28,
1903 – October 27,
1982) was an American
economist. Lerner was
born on October 28,
1903. He grew up in a
Jewish family, which
MODERNITY
emigrated to Great
Britainwhen Lerner was
three years old. From
the age of sixteen he
worked as a machinist,
a teacher in Hebrew
schools, and as a
businessman. He
entered the London
School of Economics in
1929 where he would
study under Friedrish
Hayek. A six-month stay
TRANSITIONAL
at Cambridge in 1934–
1935 brought him into
SOCIETY
contact with Keynes.
Modern Society
EMPATHY
- Traditional society is non-participant
– it deploys people by kinship into
communities isolated form each
other
TAKE-OFF
Walt Whitman Rostow
(October 7, 1916 – February 13, PRECONDITIONS
2003) was an American FOR TAKE-OFF
economist and political theorist.
His The Stages of Economic
Growth: A Non-Communist
TRADITIONAL SOCIETY
Manifesto (1960) concentrates
on the economic system side of
the modernization, trying to
show factors needed for a
country to reach the path to
modernization in his Rostovian ROSTOVIAN TAKE-OFF MODEL
take-off model
Summary
i IT SEEMS THAT PEOPLE MAY BE ABLE TO USE THEIR “TRADITIONAL” ROLES AND EXPECTATIONS AS
RESOURCES THAT CAN BE DRAWN ON TO SERVE THEOR SOCIAL AND MATERIAL NEEDS
q
u IT ENTIRELY IGNORES THE IMPACT OF COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM ON THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES
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Conclusions