Profile: Dr. Peter L. Berger (Social Construction of Reality)

"I think a good sociologist is the kind of person who looks through keyholes and reads other people's mail," says Peter Berger, who is no stranger to the field. Berger's groundbreaking tome The Social Construction of Reality (1966), co-authored with Thomas Luckmann, cemented his reputation as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. The book's claim that our idea of reality emerges through social networks or personal interactions completely revolutionized the way sociology is taught and understood. Indeed the book continues to have important implications for our current high-tech society. In this exclusive new interview, Berger discusses the origins of his interest in sociology and how he came to write The Social Construction of Reality, which is now available as an ebook from Open Road.

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[HHogn920]

Those interested in Dr. Peter Berger should check out his Nov. 2011 presentation...search "Dr. Peter Berger Religion and Modernity"...fascinating stuff!

[jradetzky]

sociologists are the voyeurs of social science

[jradetzky]

cool