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" But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world. "
Modern
World
Society
" 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. "
Own
Society
Understand
" 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. "
Long
Society
Singapore
" If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe. "
Way
Europe
Like
" If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes. "
Yes
Say
Would
" I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways. "
Like
Right
Sure
" In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state. "
Economy
Some
Power
" 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. "
Be True
Capitalism
Find
" 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
Argument
Mistake
" Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy. "
You
Say
Democracy
" One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive - they're reacting to what they call secular humanism. "
Christian
Call
Right
" 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. "
Relationship
Work
Change
" 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. "
Think
Say
Economy
" 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. "
Kind
Way
Seem
" Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will inevitably become more democratic. "
Economy
Think
Some People
" The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude. "
Uncertainty
Fault
Lines
" The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in doing so wipes out the accompanying culture. "
Doing
Globalization
Culture
" The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened. "
Changing
History
Past
" The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has lost a lot of religious substance. "
America
Lost
Enough
" There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling of these values in the churches is mainly the heavier dosage of religious vocabulary involved. "
Vocabulary
Community
Involved
" We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural globalization. "
Globalization
Global
Cultural
" 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
Steel
Hardship
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