ABSTRACT
Berger, augmenting his earlier definition of modernization, subsequently defines it as a social process that results in the transmission of specific collections of institutions and corresponding contents of consciousness. As a sociologist of knowledge, Berger would have a compelling interest in both worlds and the contrast between the two. In the United States and Western Europe, modernization has taken place largely as a consequence of internal developments. In the Third World, by sharp contrast, modernization occurs largely as a set of institutions and styles of consciousness imposed or imported from the West. The technology-intensive economy is an extraordinarily powerful agency in fostering promotion of constituents of the style of consciousness that is most closely related to modernization. Berger makes an insightful and interesting observation regarding economic activities such as those just mentioned. Assuming that the hunters, fishermen, and farmers are not already familiar with the requirements of these roles, in time commonsense sciences of hunting, fishing, and farming may emerge.
