Peter L. Berger: A Study of His Contributions to Sociological Theory
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Authors
Jackson, David Kent, 1946-2013
Issue Date
1968
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
Berger interested me primarily because of the emphasis he places
on a broadening of the sociological scope in terms of a philosophic
orientation. The "humanistic approach" taken in Invitation to Sociology
appeared to me to be what I had been missing in the study of this field.
I must at the outset confess a bias which I possess toward sociology:
as does Berger, I feel that the social sciences have become too
empirically oriented at the expense of theoretical, philosophical, or
humanistic understanding. I had become somewhat disillusioned with
sociology for this reason and, in my state of confusion and dissatisfaction,
was searching for an alternative approach. This approach
(not to degrade the empirical in any way whatsoever) I found in the
writings of Peter L. Berger.
With honors.
With honors.
Description
vi, 91 p.
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Publisher
Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College.
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