Sociology and Space, No. 71-72, 1981.
Original scientific paper
On Changes in the Value System of Peasants in the SR Slovenia
Matija Golob
Abstract
The logic of real entities is a
permanent stimulation of change
in the system of values of Slovene
peasants. Systems of thought on
which folk maxims are based
argument not only an intuitive, but
also a cognitive component. Village
inhabitants constantly paraphrase
proverbs, adapting them to new
social conditions and bringing them
into harmony with material and
spiritual needs. Thus a researcher
using the »paraphrase method« can
follow changes only if he also uses,
in addition, the method of direct
observation with participation.
In theory it is very important to
consider the »entity of the system«
on the level of the general, and the
global »system of entities« on the
level of the special and individual. This preliminary analysis treats the
system of (real) entities and offers
certain results on the basis of 377
selected Slovene proverbs and 538
paraphrases linked with them. This
research will be continued with an
analysis of a larger number of
maxims, aphorisms, apothegms and
paraphrases, and an analysis of the
social strata and other groups to
which those coining the paraphrases
belong.
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Hrčak ID:
119435
URI
Publication date:
18.6.1981.
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