[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985) › c19.s2.19 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s2.19 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s2.19 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s2.19) 19. It would, of course, be equally possible to study change by focusing on the cultural sphere. The pivotal point would then have to be the concept of “Hinduism” and its content, which, coming up in the thirties of the last century in English literature on India and expressing nothing more than an ill-assorted complex of social and religious customs, rites, and beliefs, both popular and scriptural, develops into a world religion, expressing the awareness of a new universalistic identity on the part of educated Indians. - [Previous: c19.s2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s2.18) - [Next: c19.s2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s2.20) - [Up: c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s2.19) · Pramāṇa