The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s12.33

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56. It is, of course, too early to view recent developments in their proper perspective. However, it may well be that in the end it is not so much the state that will have eliminated society’s encroachment on its grounds, but, on the contrary, particularistic society and its turgid procedures that will take over the seat of government.