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.
If you are good for nothing else, you can still serve as a bad example. - Peter L. Berger
If you are good for nothing else, you can still serve as a bad example.
- Peter L. Berger
He who has the bigger stick has the better chance of imposing his definitions of reality. - Peter L. Berger
He who has the bigger stick has the better chance of imposing his definitions of reality.
The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty an… - Peter L. Berger
The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty an…
India is the most religious country in the world, Sweden is the most secular country in the world, and America is a country of Indians ruled by Swede… - Peter L. Berger
India is the most religious country in the world, Sweden is the most secular country in the world, and America is a country of Indians ruled by Swede…
In acute suffering the need for meaning is as strong or stronger than the need for happiness. - Peter L. Berger
In acute suffering the need for meaning is as strong or stronger than the need for happiness.
The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened. - Peter L. Berger
The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.
We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural globalization - Peter L. Berger
We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural globalization
Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with oth… - Peter L. Berger
Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with oth…
A few years ago, a priest working in a slum section of a European city was asked why he was doing it, and replied, 'So that the rumor of God may not … - Peter L. Berger
A few years ago, a priest working in a slum section of a European city was asked why he was doing it, and replied, 'So that the rumor of God may not …
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