MODERNIZATION, SUPERSTITION, AND CULTURAL CHANGE

Riccardo Pelizzo; Daulet Turganov; Nygmetzhan Kuzenbayev

doi:10.1177/00438200231203012

MODERNIZATION, SUPERSTITION, AND CULTURAL CHANGE

Riccardo Pelizzo
, Daulet Turganov
, Nygmetzhan Kuzenbayev

Nazarbayev University

Nazarbayev University

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	869-895
Number of pages	27
Journal	World Affairs
Volume	186
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00438200231203012
Publication status	Published - Dec 2023

Keywords

Cultural Change
Democracy
Democratization
Development
Electoral Behavior
Islam
Modernization
Political Culture
Postmaterialism
Religion
Secularism
Superstition
Traditional Beliefs
Witchcraft

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Social Sciences

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