“I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.” MindHumansPoliticalPoliticsSocialReligiousSocietyClaimsInjusticeHuman MindDividedHuman SocietySocial Service Book:The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi Source: The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi
“Women's liberation, if not the most extreme then certainly the most influential neo-Marxist movement in America, has done to the American home what communism did to the Russian economy, and most of the ruin is irreversible. By defining relations between men and women in terms of power and competition instead of reciprocity and cooperation, the movement tore apart the most basic and fragile contract in human society, the unit from which all other social institutions draw their strength.” IfsMenHumansDoneHomeAmericaSocialTermEconomyMovementDrawsMen And WomenRelationInstitutionsCompetitionExtremesRuinsCommunismLiberationContractsCooperationFragileUnitsDefiningInfluentialHuman SocietyMarxistReciprocityIrreversibleSocial InstitutionsRussian Economy Author:Ruth Wisse
“There's a popular concept of 'intelligence' as book smarts, like calculus or chess, as opposed to, say, social skills. So people say that 'it takes more than intelligence to succeed in human society.' But social skills reside in the brain, not the kidneys.” PeopleHumansBookSocialBrainSucceedSkillsSmartConceptsChessHuman SocietyCalculusKidneysSocial Skills Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“No human society is too primitive to have some kind of literature. The only thing is that primitive literature hasn't yet become distinguished from other aspects of life: it's still embedded in religion, magic and social ceremonies.” HumansKindStillsLiteratureSocialMagicAspectPrimitiveCeremonyDistinguishedHuman SocietyEmbeddedAspects Of Life Book:Educated Imagination and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1933-1962 Source: Educated Imagination and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1933-1962
“If you want to design a successful human society you need to know what kind of animal we are. Are we a social animal or a selfish animal? Do we respond better when we're solitary or living in a group?” IfsKnowsWantNeedsHumansKindSocialAnimalSuccessfulGroupsDesignSelfishSolitaryHuman Society Author:Frans de Waal
“The raw material from which social institutions are fashioned is always more or less recalcitrant and any human society will tend to produce a caricature of itself.” HumansSocialProduceMaterialsInstitutionsHuman SocietyRaw MaterialsCaricaturesSocial InstitutionsRecalcitrant Author:Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
“In such systems, there is unquestioning respect for authority. Faith trumps evidence. But if indeed this is broadly the explanation for how co-operative behaviour has evolved and been maintained in human societies, it could be very bad news. Because although such authoritarian systems seem to be good at preserving social coherence and an orderly society, they are, by the same token, not good at adapting to change.” IfsHumansSeemsSocialTrumpAuthorityNewsEvidenceBe GoodExplanationBehaviourBad NewsHuman SocietyOrderlyTokensAdaptingCoherenceAdapting To Change Author:Robert May, Baron May of Oxford