Modernization as Paganization
How to Make a “Traditional” Peasant World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6086274 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tilman Schiel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 34-43 |
| Publication date | 1989-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0217-9520 • E-ISSN: 1793-2858 |
| Publisher | ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1355/sj4-1d |
| OpenAlex | W2048701130 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Our view of peasant societies is distorted by an urban bias which has existed since antiquity. European ideas of civilization are influenced by urban models. Just as the city is seen as civilized, so is the countryside viewed as barbaric. Again, since antiquity, European civilization was juxtaposed to Asiatic barbarism. The microlevel of the despotic rural household-economy corresponded in this view to oriental despotism on the macro-level. Both biases combined to form a single model according to which the colonial powers shaped their colonies. The attempt of the Dutch to restore an Asiatic rural society on Java thus resulted in the creation of invented tradition
Archaeology · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Modernization theory · Peasant · Asian Studies and History · Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis · Philippine History and Culture
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1990 - 1990 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |