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Marion J. Levy Jr. Quotes

d. 2002 United States

Marion Joseph Levy Jr. (December 12, 1918 – May 26, 2002) was an American sociologist noted for his work on modernization theory.

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To know thyself is the ultimate form of aggression.

A comparative social science requires a generalized system of concepts which will enable the scientific observer to compare and contrast large bodies of concretely different social phenomena in consistent terms.

The fundamental problem posed by modernization is whether human animals can adjust as readily to longevity, affluence, and peace as they have in the past to shortgevity, poverty, and war.

Frances Carol Locher, ‎Ann Evory (1978)

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