Adventures of an accidental sociologist : how to explain the world without becoming a bore / Peter L. Berger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berger, Peter L., 1929-2017.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Berger, Peter L., 1929-2017.

Berger, Peter L.

Sociologists--United States--Biography.

Sociologists.

United States.

Sociology.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

264 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011.

Summary:

This interesting memoir of the life and work of Peter Berger, documents the wide ranging career of this important and influential sociologist. Beginning with his introduction to the field and his work at the New School for Social Research in the 1950s, the work discusses his many important research projects around the globe including his work with marginalized populations in Mexico and post-apartheid South Africa. The volume also discusses Berger's role as founder and chief researcher at Boston University's Institute of Culture, Religion and World affairs. Berger is professor emeritus at Boston University. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Balzac on Twelfth Street

Improbable horizons

From a clique to a failed empire

Globe-trekking sociology

Many gods and countless Chinese

Politically incorrect excursions

From Mbulwa to Gütersloh

Conductor rather than soloist

Playing first violin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781616143893

1616143894

OCLC:

679931789