Description
An inside look at the unique balance the Amish strike between tradition and the demands of the modern world.
From technology to social forces, the Amish face an evolving modern world. Their facility in determining whether to accept, reject, or bargain with the options that challenge them allows for measured change that sustains their social fabric and beliefs. In Dancing on the Devil''s Playground, James A. Cates employs a sociocultural model to analyze this negotiation and its applications in Amish culture.
Cates, a clinical psychologist, draws on his extensive experience working with Amish families and communities as a mental health professional, as well as the scholarship of Donald B. Kraybill, a leading Amish expert who developed the negotiation with modernity model. Cates uses this paradigm to examine the Amish''s principles of assessment and evaluation, their cautious tempo in response to change, and their strategies of critical analysis during negot