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MODERNIZATION, SUPERSTITION, AND CULTURAL CHANGE

Riccardo Pelizzo, Daulet Turganov and Nygmetzhan Kuzenbayev

World Affairs, 2023, vol. 186, issue 4, 869-895

Abstract: By exploring the relationship between socioeconomic development, secularism, and the pervasiveness of traditional beliefs, this article shows that while some traditional practices and beliefs, such as making use of traditional healers, are negatively and significantly related to several development indicators, there is little to no detectable (statistical) relationship between other traditional beliefs and practices, such as believing in and seeing a jinn, and development. The evidence presented in the article sustains the claim, advanced at the turn of the millennium by Inglehart and Baker, that the impact of socioeconomic development on values, attitudes, and cultural change is complex and non‐linear. Al explorar la relación entre el desarrollo socioeconómico, el secularismo y la omnipresencia de las creencias tradicionales, el documento muestra que, si bien algunas prácticas y creencias tradicionales, como el uso de curanderos tradicionales, están negativa y significativamente relacionadas con varios indicadores de desarrollo, hay poca a ninguna relación detectable (estadística) entre otras creencias y prácticas tradicionales, como creer y ver a un genio, y el desarrollo. La evidencia presentada en el artículo respalda la afirmación, propuesta por Inglehart y Baker (2000), de que el impacto del desarrollo socioeconómico en los valores, las actitudes y el cambio cultural es complejo y no lineal. 通过探究社会经济发展、世俗主义和传统信仰普遍性之间的关系,本文表明,虽然一些传统实践和信仰(例如使用传统治疗师)与一些发展指标存在显著的负相关关系,但其他传统信仰和实践(例如相信和看到精灵)与发展之间几乎没有可检测到的(统计)关系。本文提供的证据支持了Inglehart和Baker提出的观点,即社会经济发展对价值观、态度和文化变迁的影响是复杂且非线性的。

Date: 2023
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