[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) › c7.s2.7 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c7.s2.7 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c7.s2.7 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c7.s2.7) I think here we touch the basic terms of the contradiction between "brahmanic" thought and unreformed reality, as when the Gandhian ideal of non-violence was unavoidably attended by actual violence. It is this interaction between the two contradictory poles that is the pivot of Indian civilization, past and present. - [Previous: c7.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c7.s2.6) - [Next: c8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c8.1) - [Up: c7.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c7.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c7.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c7.s2.7) · Pramāṇa