Publisher: Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN: 1555-2462|19|1|119-138
ISSN: 0002-0206
Source: African Studies Review, Vol.19, Iss.1, 1976-04, pp. : 119-138
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Abstract
My purpose in doing this paper is two-fold. First, I will offer a textual analytical critique of Apter's (1964, 1965, 1968) theoretical speculations on the links between ideology and political religion on the one hand and ideology and modernization on the other. In doing so, I shall put forward my own views concerning the role of ideology in the modernization process. Second, I will examine the uses of ideology in Tanzania in the light of my own theoretical speculations on the links between ideology and modernization. I propose the thesis that ideology, political religion, and modernization are concerned and connected with the management of culture and culture change.
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