Buddhism and Economic Action in Burma1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2448441 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melford E Spiro (University of Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1163-1173 |
| Publication date | 1966-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.1966.68.5.02a00040 |
| OpenAlex | W2031314986 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 42 |
The Buddhist world view, and especially its notions of rebirth and karma, provide a cognitive orientation within which religious spending is a much sounder and much more profitable investment than economic saving (in the usual sense of "saving"). This, at least, is the case in Burma, from which the materials for this paper are taken. Contrary, then, to the usual claims concerning Burmese improvidence, their consumption behavior, given this world view, is both provident and rational
Action (physics · Aesthetics · Buddhism · Burmese · Consumption (sociology · Economics · Investment (military · Karma · Linguistics · Orientation (vector space · Political science · Politics · Theology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy
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Learning to Teach Social Studies
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Cultural Pluralism and Citizenship
Leprosy among the limba
Gift-giving in the great traditions
Cultural factors in the contemporary theory of development
Economie Action and Buddhist Morality in a Thai Village
Social Change and Functional Analysis
Karma and grace
A Sensitive Period for the Incorporation of a Cultural Meaning System
A Technique of Formalizing and Testing Models of Behavior
Religion, Personality and Behavior in Burma
Personality and Religion in Burma
Spiritual materiality
Weber and Anthropology
Ethnographic exposures
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Don't gamble for money with friends
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| Unique citing works | 42 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,72 |
| Citation span | 1968 - 2025 (58) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 41 |