ABSTRACT
In Berger's scheme of things, as presented in The Homeless Mind, the primary motive force underlying modernization is science-based technology applied in a way that generates increases in conventional economic measures. Nevertheless, Berger is one Weberian who, to his credit, has not held Weber harmless from all criticism. He may give Weber a pass when one is not warranted, but he's also capable of calling attention to Weber's errors and questioning the applicability of his work to present day circumstances, though not with the alacrity he does with Marx. The social and cultural transformations associated with wholesale conversion from traditional to modernizing and modernized societies are sufficiently thoroughgoing that they would outstrip the adjustive capabilities of all but the most flexible organisms. Powerful statements that persuasively make the case that any system of legitimation is subject to destruction with disastrous social consequences. Conflicting definitions of reality may give rise to conflicting social interests.
