Pyramids Of Sacrifice: Political Ethics And Social Change
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What does it mean to pursue progress at the cost of human lives? In Pyramids of Sacrifice: Political Ethics and Social Change, renowned sociologist Peter L. Berger confronts one of the most urgent moral dilemmas of the modern era: the ruthless logic that justifies present suffering for the promise of a better future, drawing on the ancient Aztec pyramid — where thousands were sacrificed to appease the gods — as a haunting metaphor for both capitalist and socialist models of development in the Third World. Berger argues with incisive clarity that ideological certainty, whether rooted in the market economics of Brazil or the revolutionary socialism of Maoist China, invariably demands the sacrifice of living human beings on the altar of abstract historical goals. Bringing his formidable sociological acumen to bear on questions of development ethics, he insists that the dignity and consciousness of ordinary people must remain the non-negotiable standard against which all theories of social change are measured. A foundational text in political ethics and development theory, Pyramids of Sacrifice remains a compelling and sobering challenge to anyone who believes the ends can justify the means — and a question that refuses to be buried with the 20th century.
Author: Peter L. Berger
Format: Paperback
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it mean to pursue progress at the cost of human lives? In Pyramids of Sacrifice: Political Ethics and Social Change, renowned sociologist Peter L. Berger confronts one of the most urgent moral dilemmas of the modern era: the ruthless logic that justifies present suffering for the promise of a better future, drawing on the ancient Aztec pyramid — where thousands were sacrificed to appease the gods — as a haunting metaphor for both capitalist and socialist models of development in the Third World. Berger argues with incisive clarity that ideological certainty, whether rooted in the market economics of Brazil or the revolutionary socialism of Maoist China, invariably demands the sacrifice of living human beings on the altar of abstract historical goals. Bringing his formidable sociological acumen to bear on questions of development ethics, he insists that the dignity and consciousness of ordinary people must remain the non-negotiable standard against which all theories of social change are measured. A foundational text in political ethics and development theory, Pyramids of Sacrifice remains a compelling and sobering challenge to anyone who believes the ends can justify the means — and a question that refuses to be buried with the 20th century.