Medicine, Modernization, and Cultural Crisis in China and India
- 1 July 1970
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Comparative Studies in Society and History
- Vol. 12 (3) , 275-291
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0010417500005855
Abstract
Students of modernization commonly assume that, whatever else from the West may be rejected or modified to fit particular cultural and political preferences, science and technology are essential for any conscious effort to transform a traditional society. Indeed, despite the Western origins of modern science, would-be modernizers in Asia and Africa can reasonably claim that science is now universal. The degree to which it is possessed and practiced in various countries may differ, but in principle the spirit, methodology, and fruits of modern science are cosmopolitan, not bound to any particular culture. They are the legitimate property of all men aspiring to be modern. And from Tokyo to Nairobi all such men have passionately sought to possess them.Keywords
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