ABSTRACT
Borje Hanssen seems to distinguish between a desired good transcending the peasant's circumstances of life and what is considered good and desirable within the framework of given circumstances. As for the peasant's concept of God, it would be interesting to know to what extent such a concept has been imposed by or absorbed from the respective "great traditions", and to what extent it has grown out of the world of acceptance itself. Redfield had spoken of peasants as "rural people in old civilizations, who control and cultivate their land for subsistence and as a part of a traditional way of life". Some of the most striking differences in attitude can be seen as one considers the peasant's general approach to economic life. Enough probably has been said about peasants' attitudes toward sex, work, and violence. The actual relationships between peasants and non-peasant members of the larger societies evidently present a considerable variety of situations.
