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.
Peter L. BergerEven 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 others.
Peter L. BergerInstitutions 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.
Peter L. Berger