All Mary Douglas Quotes
Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off.
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Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them what you like. They survive by pointing the finger of blame at each other.
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The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting.
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If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization.
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When we are reflecting on terrorism we can grieve for many things we do and have done.
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If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.
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It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on.
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Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours.
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Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.
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Yes, disappointment over perceived unfairness, injustice, promises not kept, tends to go hand in hand with increasing prosperity. Expectations are dashed. What can I say!
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Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place.
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I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.
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Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other.
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Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.
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