"The thesis is . . . that the source of most modern social changes today is the material culture. The material-culture changes force changes in other parts of culture such as social organization and customs, but these latter parts of culture do not change as quickly. They lag behind the material-culture changes, hence we are living in a period of maladjustment."
William F. Ogburn
Great quote! Very succinct.
ReplyDeleteYou should read his: "The Folkways of a Scientific Sociology"-http://www.asanet.org/page.ww?section=Presidents&name=William+F.+Ogburn.
ReplyDeleteThe guy was very well spoken and direct.