Being Condemned By Fate To Perpetual Togetherness,

I Suspect That The Peer-review System Carries A Good Part Of Blame For The Fact That Something Like Sixty Percent Or More Of Journal Articles Are Never Quoted (which Means Leaving No Trace On Our Joint Scholarly Pursuits), And (in My Reception At Any Rate) The "learned Journals" (with A Few Miraculous Exceptions That Entail, Prominently, Tcs) Ooze Monumental Boredom.

Middle Class People, The Bourgeoisie, They Are Also Feeling Frightened At The Moment. Some Fear Losing Their Fortunes; Some Go Bankrupt; Some Are Thinking About Suicide. They Don't Know If They Will Retain The Beautiful House That They Bought, Or What Will Happen To The Five Family Cars.

You Judge A Society By The Decency Of Living Of The Weakest

All The Skills Which I Have Acquired During My Sociological Life Allow Me To Diagnose And Explain What Is Going On, But Not To Predict What Will Happen.

Partnerships Are Increasingly Seen Through The Prism Of Promises And Expectations, And As A Kind Of Product For Consumers: Satisfaction On The Spot, And If Not Fully Satisfied, Return The Product To The Shop Or Replace It With A New And Improved One! You Don't, After All, Stick To Your Car, Or Computer, Or Ipod, When Better Ones Appear.