The new sociology of knowledge : the life and work of Peter L. Berger / Michaela Pfadenhauer ; with selected essays by Peter L. Berger ; translated from the German by Miriam Geoghegan.
Index. Introduction and biographical overview -- Reception and impact of the new sociology of knowledge --- Peter L. Berger : reflections on the twenty-fifth anniversary of The social construction of reality -- Modernity and pluralism -- Peter L. Berger : pluralism, protestantization, and the voluntary principle -- Religion and desecularization -- Peter L. Berger : the desecularization of the world : a global overview -- Culture and socioeconomic change -- Peter L. Berger : our economic culture -- Knowledge and reality -- Peter L. Berger : Identity as a problem in the sociology of knowledge -- Reception and impact of the new sociology of knowledge --- References -- Bibliography of Peter L. Berger's contributions ot this book -- Index.
Summary:
"A classical sociologist can be defined as someone whose "works occupied a central position among the sociological ideas and notions of an era." Following this criterion, Michaela Pfadenhauer demonstrates the relevance of Peter L. Berger's work to the sociology of knowledge. Pfadenhauer shows that Berger is not only a sociologist of religion, but one whose works are characterized by a sociology-of-knowledge perspective." -- Publisher website.
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