AFGHANISTAN: POST-MODERNIZING A PRE-MODERN SOCIETY?

The defined purpose of this paper is to analyse the phenomenon of post-modernizing pre-modern societies, having as example the case of Afghanistan. Assuming that political modernity implies the existence of a centralized state, we will show that there never was a modern period in the history of Afgh...

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Main Authors: Liviu Bogdan Vlad, Adina Negrea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Institute of Romania 2009-09-01
Series:Romanian Journal of European Affairs
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Online Access:http://www.ier.ro/documente/rjea_vol9_no3/RJEA_Vol_9_No3_AFGHANISTAN_POST-MODERNIZING_A_PRE-MODERN_SOCIETY.pdf