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Mary Douglas
British Scientist
Born: Mar 25, 1921
Died: May 16, 2007
Equality More Religion Society Will You
Related authors: Alfred Russel Wallace Arthur Eddington Derek Harold Richard Barton Gregory Bateson Humphry Davy John Sulston Mary Leakey Thomas Browne
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! Mary Douglas
Injustice Disappointment Prosperity Promises Increasing Say Perceived Dashed Tends Over Go Hand Hand-In-Hand Yes Expectations Unfairness Kept
It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat. Mary Douglas
Science Made Christianity Secularism Threat Seems True Feel Organized Growth
I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good. Mary Douglas
Today Good Religion Increasingly Our More Civilization Over Felt Does Years Than Harm
Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off. Mary Douglas
Life Leader Threat Remain Factions Splitting Tense Becomes Off Very Elect Even
If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny. Mary Douglas
Funny Leadership People Thought Group Religious Piety Want Chilling Compete
It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure. Mary Douglas
Will Unlikely Sectarian Religions More Sure Am Get Organized
Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure of the economy, especially electronic communications. Mary Douglas
Progress Year Every Society Our Consist More More And More Advanced Economy Because Makes Infrastructure Communications Capitalist Capitalist Society Electronic Population
Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker. Mary Douglas
Marriage Relationships Weaker Jobs More Volatile Since Geographical Mobility Stability Intensified Ephemeral
Pretensions to moral superiority are devastatingly destructive. Mary Douglas
Destructive Moral Superiority
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. Mary Douglas
Needs Equality Achieve Difficult Other Immensely Members Between Does Real Continually Provide Revision Frustrating Each Monitoring
Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion. Mary Douglas
Religion Commitment Become Whatever Difficult Society Our Extremely More Lifetime Becomes Looser Permanent Least Private Any Just Hold Organized Organized Religion
The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except to another variant of that organization. Mary Douglas
Culture Organization Variant Except Idea Particular Bias Another Cultural Form Transplanted Theory Based
Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day. Mary Douglas
Day Hierarchy Reviled Much Present
Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to change sides if the current leader doesn't deliver. Mary Douglas
Change Leader Sides Must Followers Deliver Main Lookout Ready Always Current Behind Should Chance
I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too. Mary Douglas
Alone Personality Living Too Shapes Am Convinced Living Alone
If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization. Mary Douglas
You Change Culture Organization Will Changing Want Start

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