John A. Hostetler's The Amish: A Small Society
The Amish: A Small Society by: John A. Hostetler Essay
Melissa Salazar
Sociology
Sara A Cabello Thompson
TR 8:00
Small Society: Essay
In the article “The Amish: A Small Society” by John A. Hostetler, John is talking about the Amish society. The Amish societies are a group of highly Christian religious people who are extremely traditional and refuse to adopt conveniences of modern technology. They are known for their simple living, plain dressings, and their reluctance to transition or change with our ever growing societies. According to the article, The Amish are often perceived by other Americans to be relics of the past who live an austere, inflexible life dedicated to inconvenient and archaic customs.
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These societies constitute and run way differently than industrialized and so called civilized societies. The industrialized society is a society that depends on the use of large-scale machinery for the mass manufacture of consumer goods, which involves factories, mills, and complex machinery. In which the Amish society do not believe in. They instead stick to the old fashion way of doing things which also makes them really good farmers. They refuse to use the any kind of modern technology that may be of their convenience instead you will see bearded men in the field farming and women in their long dresses and bonnets, washing their clothes by hand and hanging them neatly on lines to dry. Aspects of day-to-day living, include prohibitions or limitations on the use of power-line electricity, telephones, and automobiles, as well as regulations on clothing. The Amish are uncomfortable with the idea of change; they believe it is not right to change the way of living and that it should always stay the same. In normal societies young adults don’t usually do what their grandparents or great grand parents did at their time; we evolve with time. In the Amish society young people do what old people did when they were young. According to the article “Members communicate intimately with one another, not only by word of mouth but also through custom and symbols that reflect a strong sense of belonging to one
Melissa Salazar
Sociology
Sara A Cabello Thompson
TR 8:00
Small Society: Essay
In the article “The Amish: A Small Society” by John A. Hostetler, John is talking about the Amish society. The Amish societies are a group of highly Christian religious people who are extremely traditional and refuse to adopt conveniences of modern technology. They are known for their simple living, plain dressings, and their reluctance to transition or change with our ever growing societies. According to the article, The Amish are often perceived by other Americans to be relics of the past who live an austere, inflexible life dedicated to inconvenient and archaic customs.
The article talks about how …show more content…
These societies constitute and run way differently than industrialized and so called civilized societies. The industrialized society is a society that depends on the use of large-scale machinery for the mass manufacture of consumer goods, which involves factories, mills, and complex machinery. In which the Amish society do not believe in. They instead stick to the old fashion way of doing things which also makes them really good farmers. They refuse to use the any kind of modern technology that may be of their convenience instead you will see bearded men in the field farming and women in their long dresses and bonnets, washing their clothes by hand and hanging them neatly on lines to dry. Aspects of day-to-day living, include prohibitions or limitations on the use of power-line electricity, telephones, and automobiles, as well as regulations on clothing. The Amish are uncomfortable with the idea of change; they believe it is not right to change the way of living and that it should always stay the same. In normal societies young adults don’t usually do what their grandparents or great grand parents did at their time; we evolve with time. In the Amish society young people do what old people did when they were young. According to the article “Members communicate intimately with one another, not only by word of mouth but also through custom and symbols that reflect a strong sense of belonging to one