Pierre L. van den Berghe Professions : Professor Born : 1933 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Pierre L. van den Berghe I suffer the anthropological malady diagnosed by Le vi- Strauss inTristes tropiques: I find it much more difficult to suspend value judgments about the society in which I normally reside than I do abroad. It takes physical and cultural distance to gain moral detachment and political noncommitment. Relativism implies a solid measure of indifference. Pierre L. van den Berghe distance political suffering Sociology seems to have missed every intellectually promising boat in the last half century. Pierre L. van den Berghe boat lasts half A towering theoretical achievement of exceptional elegance...Like most great books, Sociobiology is unpedantic, lucid, and eminently accessible. Pierre L. van den Berghe elegance achievement book Similar Authors Bryan Stevenson professor Bruce Greenwald professor Bruce Ames professor Brian Wansink professor Brian Schmidt professor Brian Martin professor All Authors
