Peter L. Berger

Also known as Peter Ludwig Berge, Peter Ludwig Berger

American sociologist (1929–2017)

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Born: 17 March 1929
Died: 27 June 2017
Works: 159

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: France
Active from: 1947-11-28
Active to: 1992-08-02

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5 total works indexed

Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives
· 1999 · cited 85,092x
A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation
· 1987 · cited 42,249x
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,752x
RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 23,872x
PHENIX: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,328x

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Quotes

“Secularization theory is a term that was used in the fifties and sixties by a number of social scientists and historians. Basically, it had a very simple proposition. It could be stated in one sentence. Modernity inevitably produces a decline of religion.”
“I shall admit frankly that, among the academic diversions available today, I consider sociology as a sort of 'royal game'.”
“There are very few jokes about sociologists.”
“The same processes that generate consensus can be manipulated by a social group worker in a summer camp in the Adirondacks and by a Communist brainwasher in a prison camp in China.”
“The sensible person reads the sociological journals mainly for the book reviews and the obituaries, and goes to sociological meetings only if he is looking for a job or has other intrigues to carry on.”
“In science as in love a concentration on technique is quite likely to lead to impotence.”

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Born: Peter Ludwig Berger , ( 1929-03-17 ) March 17, 1929, Vienna , Austria
Died: June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27) (aged 88), Brookline , Massachusetts , U.S.
Spouse: Brigitte Kellner ( married"}]]}'>m. September 28, 1959"}]]}'>1959 ; died May 28, 2015"}]]}'>2015 )
Education: Wagner College ( BA ) The New School ( MA , PhD )
Influences: Alfred Schütz Max Weber
Discipline: Sociology theology
Sub discipline: Sociology of knowledge sociology of religion
Institutions: The New School for Social Research Rutgers University Boston College Boston University
Doctoral students: Os Guinness James Davison Hunter Michael Plekon Uwe Siemon-Netto
Notable students: Chaim I. Waxman
Notable works: The Social Construction of Reality (1966) , Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective (1963), A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural (1969)

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Peter Ludwig Berger (17 March 1929 – 27 June 2017) was an Austrian-born American sociologist and Protestant theologian. Berger became known for his work in the sociology of knowledge, the sociology of religion, study of modernization, and contributions to sociological theory.

Berger is arguably best known for his book, co-authored with Thomas Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge (New York, 1966), which is considered one of the most influential texts in the sociology of knowledge and played a central role in the development of social constructionism. In 1998 the International Sociological Association named this book as the fifth most-influential book written in the field of sociology during the 20th century. In addition to this book, some of the other books that Berger has written include: Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective (1963); A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural (1969); and The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion (1967).