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Il soutenait sa déloyauté par une phrase d’Alberto Moravia entendue à la radio, selon quoi les seuls individus intéressants étaient ceux qui abjuraient leur classe d’origine : les prolétaires, le prolétariat, les bourgeois, la bourgeoisie. Réciter les valeurs de son milieu, de sa race, de son clan : quel symbole de son inféodation au groupe ! Vous
... See morePatrice Jean • La poursuite de l'idéal (French Edition)
presented the Durkheimian vision of society, favored by social conservatives, in which the basic social unit is the family, rather than the individual, and in which order, hierarchy, and tradition are highly valued. I contrasted this vision with the liberal Millian vision, which is more open and individualistic. I noted that a Millian society has d
... See moreJonathan Haidt • The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
preparatory action of long duration.”28 Le Bon thus sensed that unobserved continuities may be a source of observed discontinuities.
Timur Kuran • Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification
First, he and Thatcher were what sociologists called weak ties.
Henry Oliver • Second Act
André Gorz's Vision for Autonomy and Radical Frugality
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He remains the foremost architect of political liberalism.
Louis N Sarkozy • Napoleon's Library: The Emperor, His Books and Their Influence on the Napoleonic Era
social networks are held together not by the bulk of people with hundreds of connections but by the few people with tens of thousands.
Clay Shirky • Here Comes Everybody
The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle
