Personality as power: Reconsidering tweeten's sector argument

William Browne

Agriculture and Human Values, 1987, vol. 4, issue 4, 43-46

Abstract: In the Winter 1987 edition of AHV, Luther Tweeten characterized the farm sector as personality. In that article, Tweeten addressed the dark side of that personality as it has been manifested through recent farm protest. This is a rejoinder. Its intent is to look more deeply at the farm personality and, by so doing, reject dark personality traits as the sole basis for farm activisim and ideology. The article suggests that there are two distinct personalities, one directed toward power and leadership and another disaffected and tempered to follow any mythology. The conclusion is that social scientists must not only confront myths but also confront displays of power that use myths for political gain. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1987

Date: 1987
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