Peter L. Berger Quotes - Page 2

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• The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has lost a lot of religious substance

  Peter L. Berger

  Religious, America, Substance

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• Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will inevitably become more democratic

  Peter L. Berger

  Thinking, People, Chinese

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• East Asia confirms the superior capacity of industrial capitalism in raising the material standard of living of large masses of people.

  Peter L. Berger

  People, East, Asia

  Peter L. Berger (1988). “The capitalist revolution: fifty propositions about prosperity, equality, and liberty”

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• The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in doing so wipes out the accompanying culture

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  Economic Globalization, Negative, Culture

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• There is an intrinsic linkage between socialism and economic inefficiency.

  Peter L. Berger

  Socialism, Economic, Linkages

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• An economy oriented toward production for market exchange provides the optimal conditions for long-lasting and ever-expanding productive capacity based on modern technology.

  Peter L. Berger

  Technology, Long, Modern

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• It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism, or apart from a market economy, if you prefer that term

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  Economy, Democratic, Term

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• But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world.

  Peter L. Berger

  Real, Socialist Economy, Example

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• There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling of these values in the churches is mainly the heavier dosage of religious vocabulary involved

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  Religious, Vocabulary, Community

  Peter L. Berger (1961). “The noise of solemn assemblies: Christian commitment and the religious establishment in America”

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• So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy.

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  Philosophical, Thinking, Democracy

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• Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture. By culture we mean beliefs, values and lifestyles. We cover a broad range of issues, and we work very internationally.

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  Mean, Simple, Issues

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• F. A. Hayek is probably the most prominent advocate of capitalism in the present period.

  Peter L. Berger

  Hayek, Periods, Capitalism

  Peter L. Berger (1988). “The capitalist revolution: fifty propositions about prosperity, equality, and liberty”

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• If a socialist economy is opened up to increasing degrees of market forces, a point will be reached at which democratic governance becomes a possibility.

  Peter L. Berger

  Socialist Economy, Degrees, Possibility

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• If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes

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  Democracy, Pressure, Ifs

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• When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel industry, not only do jobs disappear, which is obviously a terrible social hardship, but certain cultures also disappear.

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  Jobs, Steel, Culture

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• One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive - they're reacting to what they call secular humanism

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  Christian, Movement, Reacting

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• If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe

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  Europe, Way, Ifs

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• To be located in society means to be at the intersection point of specific social forces. Commonly one ignores these forces one also knows that there is not an awful lot that one can do about this.

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  Mean, Awful, Social

  Peter L. Berger (1973). “Invitation to sociology: a humanistic perspective”, Overlook Pr

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• I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways.

  Peter L. Berger

  Aggravation, Organization, People

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