Imtiaz Ahmad, Former Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
The study of social change has long been a neglected area in India. Social change in Muslim communities has hardly been studied in a proper manner. This has often given rise to an impression that Muslims are tradition-bound and resistant to the processes of modernization and social change. This classic work offers insights for a realistic appraisal of the Muslim responses to the now familiar processes of modernization and social change.
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