He has been described as "the founding father of 21st-century sociology" and "one of the world's preeminent sociologists and historians" as his "scholarship was unsurpassed, his humanity of the highest order, his spirit unwavering."
"21. yüzyıl sosyolojisinin kurucu babası" ve "dünyanın seçkin sosyolog ve tarihçilerinden biri" olarak adlandırıldı, "çalışmaları eşsiz, insanlığı en üst düzey, ruhu sarsılmaz." olarak adlandırıldı.