Sociology : a biographical approach / Peter L. Berger and Brigitte Berger ; drawings by Robert Binks.
By: Berger, Peter L
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Contributor(s): Berger, Brigitte.
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BookSeries: Penguin Education.Publisher: Harmondsworth : Penguin Books Ltd., 1976Edition: Revised edition.Description: 411 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 0140809686.Subject(s): SociologyDDC classification: 301 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 301 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00045366 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The experience of society -- The discipline of sociology -- Becoming a member of society - socialization -- What is an institution? The case of language -- The family -- The community -- The stratified community -- The stratified society -- What is social control? The case of education -- Bureaucracy -- Youth -- Work and leisure -- Power -- Deviance -- Change -- Old age, illness and death -- Values and ultimate meanings -- Postcript - why sociology?
CIT Module SOCI 6002 - Supplementary reading
Author notes provided by Syndetics
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 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)