With particular attention to his thought in the fields of the sociology of knowledge and the sociology of modernization and modernity, this book offers a sympathetic exposition and evaluation of Peter Berger's work as one of the world's most accomplished sociologists. An examination of Berger's work on pluralism, production, consciousness and the social construction of reality, the author considers his thoughtful approach to analysis - that of 'sociological tourism' - which departs sharply from the current emphasis in the social sciences on ever more complex and ostensibly rigorous statistical procedures.…mehr
With particular attention to his thought in the fields of the sociology of knowledge and the sociology of modernization and modernity, this book offers a sympathetic exposition and evaluation of Peter Berger's work as one of the world's most accomplished sociologists. An examination of Berger's work on pluralism, production, consciousness and the social construction of reality, the author considers his thoughtful approach to analysis - that of 'sociological tourism' - which departs sharply from the current emphasis in the social sciences on ever more complex and ostensibly rigorous statistical procedures.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Robert Bickel is Professor Emeritus of Advanced Educational Studies at Marshall University, USA, and author of Multilevel Analysis for Applied Research and Classical Social Theory in Use.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Background: Berger's prose, presentation, and purpose 2. Institutions: Berger's conceptual foundation 3. The sociological tourist 4. Ever the Weberian 5. Sociological insights into the exemplary, the everyday, and the execrable 6. Socially constructing modernization, modernity, and our social world 7. Production through science-based technology 8. Modes of production and cognitive styles 9. Provisionally taking stock: "modes of production and cognitive styles" 10. Modes of production and cognitive styles amplified 11. Reality as a social creation 12. Pluralism 13. Pluralism and capitalism 14. What has been done? 15. Styles of consciousness and pluralism 16. Reservations about pluralism 17. The complexity of modern consciousness 18. The continuing influence of Weber 19. Modernization augmented 20. Modernity and its discontents: a suitably ironic closing
1. Background: Berger's prose, presentation, and purpose 2. Institutions: Berger's conceptual foundation 3. The sociological tourist 4. Ever the Weberian 5. Sociological insights into the exemplary, the everyday, and the execrable 6. Socially constructing modernization, modernity, and our social world 7. Production through science-based technology 8. Modes of production and cognitive styles 9. Provisionally taking stock: "modes of production and cognitive styles" 10. Modes of production and cognitive styles amplified 11. Reality as a social creation 12. Pluralism 13. Pluralism and capitalism 14. What has been done? 15. Styles of consciousness and pluralism 16. Reservations about pluralism 17. The complexity of modern consciousness 18. The continuing influence of Weber 19. Modernization augmented 20. Modernity and its discontents: a suitably ironic closing
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