essay
Conclusion: what good are the Amish?
Amish struggle with modernity • Hanover, Nh • Published In 1994 • Pages: 230-242, 277
By: Olshan, Marc Alan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
How should we view the Amish? Are they an irrelevant relic - a pre-Enlightenment society that stifles individual freedom and expression? Or have the Amish devised a morally superior way of life worthy of emulation? In this essay, Marc A Olshan suggests that neither view is helpful in thinking about the Amish contribution to our collective struggle with modernity. The Amish, suggests Olshan, are a light to the modern world to the extent that they teach us to have the courage to set limits on human behavior (p. 231).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethos
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Acculturation and culture contact
- General character of religion
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Amish
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marc A. Olshan
- For bibliographical references see document 20: [Kraybill and Olshan]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94013668
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Amish