Indian Culture: Little Tradition and Great Tradition Article shared by : The whole of Indian culture can be studied with the help of these two concepts ‘Little tradition’ and “Great tradition”. These two concepts are based on the idea that the civilization and social organisation have a tradition. Schematic Presentation of Constituents of Tradition: (i) Through orthogenetic evolution. ADVERTISEMENTS: (ii) Through hetereogenetic contacts. Orthogenetic evolution indicates changes in those areas where internal or indigenous factors are responsible for such changes. On the other hand hetereogenetic contacts indicate those changes which occur due to external contact or interference of outside civilization. There are two levels where the social structure of these civilizations operate, i.e., at the level of folks or peasants and at the level of elites or ‘reflective few’. The folks or the peasants are included under little tradition and Great tradition includes the elite gr...
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