Sentence examples for backwardness of from inspiring English sources

Starting from the assumption that blasphemy can exist only in a backward society, critics point to blasphemy as evidence of the backwardness of entire religious cultures.

It reproduces the backwardness of Britain in constitutional terms.

The backwardness of Prussia was revealed by the disaster of 1806.

Most of them, shocked by the poverty and backwardness of rural life, became disillusioned.

For their part, the French marveled at the indolence and backwardness of the Egyptians.

A head scarf became a symbol of backwardness, of being uneducated and under pressure from conservative husbands.

He insists that he is no racist, but is voicing justifiable concerns about the backwardness of Islamic civilisation and culture.

The scarcity of precious metals points to lack of wealth as prime cause of the artistic backwardness of these regions.

However, an old Gramscian truth about Italy must be remembered: the "backwardness" of its capitalism is paradigmatic.

Mostly, though, people just talk: about the cultural backwardness of Russia, the shape of history, the nature of reality.

But I realise that it is in the backwardness of India that lies the possibilities of development.