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Rural Superstition And Development Of Rural Society

Posted on:2002-09-27Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y H MaFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360032457243Subject:China's modern history
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As one kind of anti-social and unreasoning spirit, Superstition hinder the development of society all the time. Particularly, along with the development of science and technology, some sorceresses and sorcerers used Superstition as science to deceive people for wealth in nearly years. Some leaders of sham religion, like Fa Lun Gong, used science as a tool to scallop masses to do all kinds of anti-society and anti-humanity things. Running rampant of Superstition produced serious influence in China society, for example, it polluted social atmosphere, hindered the spread of scientific spirit, slanghered health of people , afflected the steady of society. In view of this ,1venture to choose my hometown ------Ziyuan county in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous province asthe study question. Through investigating rural survey to explore the reason of running rampant of rural superstition, the influence of superstition and measures for controlling superstition .The relations between its superstition problem and social development level in Ziyuan county have typicalmeaning. on the one hand, Located in the north Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous province, for its bad naturl conditions, peoples life-condition were very bad, After the reforming and opening, the old economical system ,old social organization and sense of value were disintegrating, but new one didn't builted, it resulted in unheald and unrest mind for people, and provided plentys of massai for superstition; On the other hand, in rural region, Superstition problem was very serious, its influence was wind-ranging, the study had major practical significance. Because of all this , So, Trying to make such a solid and piercing case study, in a sense, is creative.Superstition is considered to believe sorcery. Fortune-telling the location of a house or tomb.desting and ghost etc. it is considered to adore something unreasoning too, at lest it includes three meanings following:First ,it is considered to believe one kind of phenomenon unreasoning, like sorcery,fortane-telling.the location of a house or tomb etc. it is usually called feudal superstition.Second, it is certain state and feature of seme beliefs, as an unreasoning sense of one kind of belief. The major feature of the sense is unreasoning people who have the sense would do some fantastic things fully.Third it is a negative evaluation of one kind of belief, There are two kind of nature in belief,one right .and the other negative, and superstition is the following.On the one hand, in surface, to a certain extent, superstition can settle some social contradictions, like binding peasant's act, adjusting peasant's psychology etc; on the other hand , in substance superstition interfere people's actual life , destrey normal living order, particularly, some leaders of sham religion used superstition to do kinds of Anti-society and anti-humanity things.The reasons of running rampant of rural superstition are various . firistly, producing level are backward. High proprtion of natural economics in age agricultural producation is the actual base for superstition; secondly, after the reforming and opening, the old economical system, old social organization were disintegrating, but new one don't builted, and resulted in unheavel and unrest mind for people; thirdly, peasants can't understand many spiriting phenomenon that take place in nature and society for their lower cultural quality; lastly many traditional custom and life-style have heavy superstition, last to nowadays,As one kind of social ideas, superstition has its regular, it is long and difficult for us to against superstition. We must take some effective mensures. Firstly, spreading cultural and scientific know ledge amony the peasants ;secondly, reinforcing education of marsism's belief; thirdly, rein forcing propagandists power of againsting superstition, fourthly increasing the peasants' recreational activities; finally, enhancing primany organizatior of the rural region .On the whole as one kind of anti-social and unreasoning spirit, i...
Keywords/Search Tags:rural superstition, Social development, Scientific spirit
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