Daniel Bell
Daniel Bell
Daniel Bell was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism. He has been described as "one of the leading American intellectuals of the postwar era." His three best known works are The End of Ideology, The Coming of Post-Industrial Society and The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSociologist
Date of Birth10 May 1919
CountryUnited States of America
Daniel Bell quotes about
I prefer to do repertoire that's new for everyone.
One simply turns to the ideological vending machine, and out comes the prepared formulae.
I am too weary to listen, too angry to hear.
When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.