Tradition, modernism, and apartheid by D. Goosen

“…As such, it was by no means a modern anomaly, or a phenomenon that contradicted the fundamental assumptions of modern philosophical and political thought. The first section of this article addresses only a single aspect of traditional thought, namely the idea of being understood as circular event. …”
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The Sociology of Karl Mannheim’s Knowledge and the Methodological Foundations of the History of Socio-Political Ideas by Alexander A. Chanyshev, Vasilisa A. Kuznetsova

“…Mannheim’s sociology of knowledge still have fundamental significance for the study of the history of ideas (and the history of political thought). This significance is determined, firstly, by the critical attitude inherited by Mannheim from the Marxist tradition. …”
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The Middle East Shiite Arc: A Real Threat or Geopolitical Chimera? by A. V. Sarabiev

“…For example, the author stresses that Middle Eastern civilizational antinomies can hardly be understood within the framework of the Western political thought as they represent contraries but not contradictions. …”
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FROM OPTIMISM TO DISAPPOINTMENT: THE EVOLUTION OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE WEST by E. V. Volgina

“…It is widely known that roots of the actual social and political thought in India go back to the period of colonialism. …”
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Tsardom of Muscovy Traditional Culture and Peter's Westernization Project by T. V. Chernikova

“…It resulted in the development of the public sphere in Russia along the line of “sovereign vs slaves”, which precluded the Renaissance Western political thought “to accept” Russia into “Europe”.The author examines two main Western description of Muscovy (Muscovia) in the 15th – 17th centuries: a benevolent approach adopted by Johannes Fabry, Paolo Giovio, Alberto Campense; and a critical approach taken by most authors analyzing Muscovy (Matvey Mekhovsky, Sigismund Herberstein, etc.). …”
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