Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective
by Peter L. Berger
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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 show more 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. show lessTags
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The title here isn't very accurate in my mind, it does the contents no justice. Rather than a textbook treatise on Sociology, Berger presents a series of visualizations for interpretting how individuals see the world from unique perspectives, and the implications this has for humanity, the reader, and every collections of people in between.
I ordered this book after reading more about Peter L. Berger on line, and after beginning my reading of Berger and Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality. The same joyful humor that I hoped to see from my experience with The Social Construction of Reality sparkled out of the pages of Invitation to Sociology as soon as I opened the cover...
... I just read an online interview with Berger, by ----- at Valparaiso University. I'm in love with this man's thinking and with sociology because it explores the questions I've been asking all my life.
... I just read an online interview with Berger, by ----- at Valparaiso University. I'm in love with this man's thinking and with sociology because it explores the questions I've been asking all my life.
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"These are outlines of most chapters in Peter L. Berger's classic overview of Sociology, Invitation to Sociology."
"These are outlines of most chapters in Peter L. Berger's classic overview of Sociology, Invitation to Sociology."
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Peter Ludwig Berger was born in Vienna, Austria on March 17, 1929. He immigrated to the United States when he was 17 years old. He received a bachelor's degree from Wagner College in 1949 and did his doctoral work at the New School in Manhattan. He was a theologian who was known for his work in the sociology of knowledge, understanding how humans show more experience everyday reality. He taught at several universities including Boston University, the New School for Social Research, Brooklyn College, Rutgers University, and Boston College. He wrote many books during his lifetime including The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge, A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural, The Noise of Solemn Assemblies: Christian Commitment, The Religious Establishment in America, The Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation, and A Far Glory: The Quest for Faith in an Age of Credulity. He died from heart failure on June 27, 2017 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective
- Original publication date
- 1963; 1966 (Penguin ed.) (Penguin ed.)
- First words
- There are very few jokes about sociologists.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And in this same act we find the conclusive justification of sociology as a humanistic discipline.
- Original language
- English
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