Quote of the day
The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
Edward C. Banfield

Born: November 19, 1916
Died: September 30, 1999 (aged 82)
Bio: Edward Christie Banfield was an American political scientist, best known as the author of The Moral Basis of a Backward Society, and The Unheavenly City.
Known for:
- The Moral Basis of a Backward Society (1958)
- The unheavenly city revisited (1974)
- Political Influence (1961)
- Here the People Rule: Selected Essays (1985)