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."
他被誉为“二十一世纪社会学之父”以及“世界杰出的社会学家和历史学家之一”，因为其“学问无与伦比，思想深刻犀利，精神坚定不移”。