In a world in which we increasingly think of people only in economic
terms ... we ought to reaUze that there are other criteria for categorizing
them also. Not the least of these criteria is the one provided by region.
. . . The existence of certain reLIgions in the East is as important a factor
in determining the attitude of these people as any other single factor. We
in the West tend to ignore such factors and to think that what really
separates one society from another is simply the level of economic de
velopment. It is well to be reminded that such categories as developed
and underdeveloped are not the only important ones.