Reinhard Bendix Professions : Sociologist Born : February 25, 1916 Died : February 28, 1991 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Reinhard Bendix Looking backward always presents an overdetermined depiction of fate; by this perspective we leave out of focus the possibilities of action which existed at the time. Reinhard Bendix fate perspective focus Men make their own history; but they make it under given conditions, and they become entangled thereby in a fate which is in part the result of other men having made their own history earlier. Reinhard Bendix fate made men Reason is a necessary instrument, to be used for good or evil, but it has no moral qualities. Reinhard Bendix moral quality evil Similar Authors Bruno Latour sociologist Alice S Rossi sociologist Beatrice Webb sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein sociologist Barrington Moore, Jr. sociologist Hubert M. Blalock sociologist All Authors
