“Institutions provide procedures through which human conduct is patterned, compelled to go, in grooves deemed desirable by society. And this trick is performed by making these grooves appear to the individual as the only possible ones.” HumansIndividualInstitutionsTricksDesirableCompelledProceduresGroove Book:Invitation to sociology: a humanistic perspective Source: Invitation to sociology: a humanistic perspective
“Capitalism has been one of the most dynamic forces in human history, transforming one society after another, and today it has become established as an international system determining the economic fate of most of mankind.” HumansHas BeensTodayForceFateEconomicMankindCapitalismInternationalHuman HistoryTransforming Book:The capitalist revolution: fifty propositions about prosperity, equality, and liberty Source: The capitalist revolution: fifty propositions about prosperity, equality, and liberty
“Religion is the human attitude towards a sacred order that includes within it all being-human or otherwise-i.e., belief in a cosmos, the meaning of which both includes and transcends man.” MenHumansReligionOrderBeliefAttitudeSacredCosmosBeing Human Author:Peter L. Berger
“The human organism is thus still developing biologically while already standing in a relationship to its environmont. In other words, the process of becoming man takes place in an interrelationship with an environment. (...) From the moment of birth, man's organismic development, and indeed a large part of his biological being as such, are subjected to continuing socially determined interference.” MenHumansStillsMomentsBodyProcessEnvironmentDevelopmentBirthBecomingStandingDeterminedDevelopingContinuingOrganismsInterference Author:Peter L. Berger
