Quote of the day
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Daniel Bell
Born: May 10, 1919
Died: January 25, 2011 (aged 91)
Bio: Daniel Bell was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor emeritus at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism.
Known for:
- The End of Ideology (1960)
- The coming of post-industrial society (1973)
- The cultural contradictions of capitalism (1976)
- The winding passage (1980)
- Marxian socialism in the United States (1952)