Arthur Niehoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 132174 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arthur Niehoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arthur |
| FAMILY NAME | Niehoff |
| SIGNATURE | NIEHOFF A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Retrospective Anthropology
Culture Shock
Slums and Community Development
Peasant Fatalism and Socio-economic Innovation
Of the several types of negativism encountered among non-Western peoples, one of the most frequent and significant is fatalism. A number of social scientists have described fatalism as a barrier to change in peasant societies
Theravada Buddhism
Buddhism, particularly the southern variant (Theravada), has been consistently singled out by Western specialist-technicians as a resistance factor of primary importance, impeding the introduction of new ideas or techniques into the countries of Southeast Asia. The negative aspects of belief have been stressed almost exclusively. And although these do exist, they are probably no more important than the positive ones. In fact, there is adequate ev…
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Theravada Buddhism
Buddhism, particularly the southern variant (Theravada), has been consistently singled out by Western specialist-technicians as a resistance factor of primary importance, impeding the introduction of new ideas or techniques into the countries of Southeast Asia. The negative aspects of belief have been stressed almost exclusively. And although these do exist, they are probably no more important than the positive ones. In fact, there is adequate ev…
Peasant Fatalism and Socio-economic Innovation
Of the several types of negativism encountered among non-Western peoples, one of the most frequent and significant is fatalism. A number of social scientists have described fatalism as a barrier to change in peasant societies
Slums and Community Development
Culture Shock
Retrospective Anthropology
Sociology (5 works) · Citation (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Library science (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works)