"If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe."

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"If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe."

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"In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state."

Power

"Some people seem to gravitate from one fundamentalism to another, from some kind of secular fundamentalism into a religious fundamentalism or the other way around, which is not very helpful."

People

"Even 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."

Society

"When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel industry, not only do jobs disappear, which is obviously a terrible social hardship, but certain cultures also disappear."

Economy

"The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in doing so wipes out the accompanying culture."

Negative

"Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy."

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"It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism, or apart from a market economy, if you prefer that term."

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"So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy."

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"Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture. By culture we mean beliefs, values and lifestyles. We cover a broad range of issues, and we work very internationally."

Change

"I think what I and most other sociologists of religion wrote in the 1960s about secularization was a mistake. Our underlying argument was that secularization and modernity go hand in hand. With more modernization comes more secularization."

Religion