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In Praise of Doubt: How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic
We are stuck. Both as a culture and as individuals' we find it much easier to articulate what we are against and find ourselves at a loss for words when we need to articulate what we are for. World-famous sociologists Peter Berger and Anton Zijderveld team up to present a profound treatment of how we can have confidence in our convictions-in such ideals as democracy' human
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August 1st 2009
by HarperOne
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[Printed in The Sacramento Book Review & The San Francisco Book Review: http://sacramentobookreview.com/philosophy/in-praise-of-doubt/]:
"In Praise of Doubt" attempts to lay down an ethical perspective of tolerance and open-mindedness as an antidote to any sense of religious, social, political (etc.) certainty or fanaticism. In a language clear and simple (if often articulated on the intellectual level of a child), Berger and Zijderveld advocate a moderate perspective whilst making a (w...more
"In Praise of Doubt" attempts to lay down an ethical perspective of tolerance and open-mindedness as an antidote to any sense of religious, social, political (etc.) certainty or fanaticism. In a language clear and simple (if often articulated on the intellectual level of a child), Berger and Zijderveld advocate a moderate perspective whilst making a (w...more
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Worthy idea. Too bad it's used as a weapon to bash everything progressive that's come out in the last fifty years (feminism, affirmative action, not to mention any form of critical theory). Well, I guess at this point of one's career it's OK to repeat what you've said 40 years ago and not to be too concerned about a blatantly political perspective. I guess when that's disguised as objectivity it's even easier. But, again, worthy idea, if executed a bit differently.
As heard on "The Diane Rehm Show" on WYPR.
This is a fine book, and the title is In Praise of Doubt, although the content is about both certainty and doubt. (Also, the co-author of the book is Anton Zijderveld, a professor at Erasmus University in Rotterdam). I like how the authors criticize both absolutism and relativism and seeks to forge a position in between those two extremes.
On May 1, 2011, I finished reading this book for the second time. While I like many of the things the authors say, this time I thought the book wa...more
On May 1, 2011, I finished reading this book for the second time. While I like many of the things the authors say, this time I thought the book wa...more
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Peter L. Berger is an internationally renowned sociologist, and the founder of Boston University's Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs. He was born in Vienna and came to the U.S. in his late teens. He has a master's degree and a doctorate from the New School for Social Research in New York. After two years in the United States Army, he taught at the University of Georgia and the Univ...more
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