In retrospect it always seems as if everything had to develop just the way it did. I call this view the fallacy of retrospective determinism – which looks at the modern world as a victory of the children of light over the children of darkness if we approve of the development, and of darkness over light if we condemn it.
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| Birth: | 25th February, 1916 |
| Death: | 28th February, 1991 |
| Nationality: | American, German |
| Profession: | Author, Professor, Sociologist |
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