Peter Berger

Award-winning scholar and author Dr. Peter Berger is hailed as one of the most important modern sociologists. Explore the work that has inspired a generation of philosophers and thinkers.

Books By Peter Berger

Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective By Peter Berger

The most popularly read, adapted, anthologized, and incorporated primer on sociology ever written for modern readers

Acclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger lays the groundwork for a clear understanding of sociology in his straightforward introduction to the field, much loved by students, professors, and general readers. Berger aligns sociology in the humanist tradition—revealing its relationship to the humanities and philosophy—and establishes its importance in thinking critically about the modern world.

Throughout, Berger presents the contributions of some of the most important sociologists of the time, including Max Weber, Émile Durkheim, Vilfredo Pareto, and Thorstein Veblen.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  • Biography

    • Award-winning scholar and author Dr. Peter L. Berger (b. 1929) has been hailed as one of the most important modern American sociologists. Berger graduated from Wagner College in New York in 1949 before receiving his master’s degree and doctorate from The New School in New York in 1950 and 1954, respectively. Today, Berger is a professor emeritus of religion, sociology, and theology at the University of Boston and director of the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, which studies relationships between economic development and sociocultural change. Berger’s works include Invitation to Sociology (1963), The Social Construction of Reality (1966) with Thomas Luckmann, The Sacred Canopy (1967), and A Rumor of Angels (1969).
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  • Awards

  • Academic Background

    • Loyola University, Wagner College, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Geneva, the University of Munich - Doctor honoris causa

    • New School for Social Research - M.A., Ph.D.

    • Boston University - Director, Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs

    • Boston University - Professor Emeritus of Religion, Sociology and Theology

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