Adventures of an accidental sociologist
Subtitle: how to explain the world without becoming a bore
By: by Peter L. Berger
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781616143893
Subjects: Sociology; Sociologists; Biography
Description: Berger explains not only how he became a social scientist but also the many adventures that his calling led to. It focuses on the main intellectual issues that motivated his work and the various people and situations Berger has encountered.
Table of contents: title: Balzac on Twelfth Street; title: Improbable horizons; title: From a clique to a failed empire; title: Globe-trekking sociology; title: Many gods and countless Chinese; title: Politically incorrect excursions; title: From Mbulwa to Gutersloh; title: Conductor rather than soloist; title: Playing first violin.