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... rigid . The preference pattern is more like a cast than a jelly ; or we might better say that the trend in the ... rigid , freezing the potentialities in the mold . Chapter Rigidity 6 : One ne reason for the " 88 ::: THE SECOND HUMAN NATURE.
... rigid . The preference pattern is more like a cast than a jelly ; or we might better say that the trend in the ... rigid , freezing the potentialities in the mold . Chapter Rigidity 6 : One ne reason for the " 88 ::: THE SECOND HUMAN NATURE.
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... rigid society which cannot basically adjust to the challenge of needed change , no matter what the threat may be in ... rigidity , even ossification , must characterize our era more and more as time goes on . Later chap- ters will try to ...
... rigid society which cannot basically adjust to the challenge of needed change , no matter what the threat may be in ... rigidity , even ossification , must characterize our era more and more as time goes on . Later chap- ters will try to ...
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... rigid and standardized through canaliza- tion , through ethnocentricism , and through technology , which , accelerating this process , forms homo technicus . The types of rigidity which I have described arise from in- ternal causes ...
... rigid and standardized through canaliza- tion , through ethnocentricism , and through technology , which , accelerating this process , forms homo technicus . The types of rigidity which I have described arise from in- ternal causes ...
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Our Twentiethcentury Vantage Point | 3 |
The Invention of Culture | 47 |
How We Come to Want What We Want | 60 |
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