Conservatism and Change in the Village Community
A Jordanian Case Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2497935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard T Antoun (Indiana University, corresponding author), Richard Antoun |
| Year | 1965 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 4-10 |
| Publication date | 1965-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.24.1.57127303128gv247 |
| OpenAlex | W2010200630 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
In a changing society it is quite as important, and perhaps more revealing, to ask the question, Why have things remained the same? as it is to pose the more familiar query, Why have things changed? It is the former rather than the latter question that has oriented anthropological investigations of tribal and peasant communities in the recent past. The social anthropologist's predilection for the examination of continuity and integration rather than change has arisen not only with his obligation to present a coherent way of life based on a limited period of field observation but also with his theoretical concern with the fundamental circumstances of societal existence. This concern antedated Malinowski's call for functional studies of social structures at the end of the first World War. It characterized the investigations of the French school of sociology at the end of the nineteenth century. It was the hallmark of the work of Emile Durkheim whose various publications consistently posed the question, Wh
Conservatism · Development economics · Economics · Political science · Politics · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1968 - 1978 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |