Ruralism

Ruralism: noun. Belief in the superiority of the rural way of life. Ruralism often entails thinking that urban people are somehow disconnected from “real life,” and that jobs not involved in production or manufacture of goods are not real jobs. Ruralists tend to view themselves as the undiluted ideal of their region or country, with any departure from the rural way of life or thinking being an unpatriotic heresy. It is a popular opinion held within urban communities that many aspects of ruralist philosophy are adopted or maintained out of the mere desire to spite urban dwellers. Interestingly, ruralism is not exclusive to rural areas, as many urban dwellers tend to idealise, indeed even to fetishize, the country and the people living in it.