Social Structure

I think [rock’n’roll] essence

I think [rock’n’roll] essence is what made it good and has a lot in common with what originally made monotheism good – it’s against everything that is fixed, all the social structures that you can’t go past. Ezra Furman

For Marx, ‘pure’ economic

For Marx, ‘pure’ economic theory, that is economic theory which abstracts from a specific social structure, is impossible. Ernest Mandel

The spirit of a

The spirit of a production-centered, commodity-greedy society is such that only the non-conformist can defend himself sufficiently against it. Those who are seriously concerned with love as the only rational answer to the problem of human existence must, then, arrive at the conclusion that important and radical changes in our social structure are necessary, if … Read more

Women tend to be

Women tend to be preservers of the social structure, of marriage. They don’t want to upset their husbands or their significant others. They don’t want to hurt people. Erica Jong

We have evidence all

We have evidence all around us in our daily analytic practice and in contemporary world history that this earth-shaking archetypal event is taking place here and now. It has already started. It is manifesting itself in international relations; in the breakdown of the social structures of Western civilization; in political, ethnic, and religious groupings; as … Read more

Scientific and technological \\\”solutions\\\”

Scientific and technological \”solutions\” which poison the environment or degrade the social structure and man himself are of no benefit, no matter how brilliantly conceived or how great their superficial attraction. E. F. Schumacher

Freedom of Will-that is

Freedom of Will-that is the expression for the complex state of delight of the person exercising volition, who commands and at the same time identifies himself with the executor of the order-who, as such, enjoys also the triumph over obstacles, but thinks within himself that it was really his own will that overcame them. In … Read more

We know: of course,

We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we cannot measure and on which indeed we have only some very imprecise and general information. Friedrich August von Hayek

On a personal level,

On a personal level, Freaking Out is a process whereby an individual casts off outmoded and restricting standards of thinking, dress, and social etiquette in order to express creatively his relationship to his immediate environment and the social structure as a whole. Frank Zappa