Peter L. Berger
Peter Ludwig Berger (March 17, 1929) is an Austrian-born American sociologist known for his work in the sociology of religion, society and the individual, study of modernization, and his theoretical contributions. He is best known for his book, co-authored with Thomas Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge (New York, 1966), which is considered one of the most influential texts in the sociology of knowledge and played a central role in the development of social constructionism, despite the critiques he has received. He has lived a life dedicated to sociology, writing a numerous amount of works, and he has taught and inspired his students at Boston University and Baruch College.
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“About the alleged condition of the property. Does it have to be intact?”
—Margaret Forster, British screenwriter, Peter Nichols, and Silvio Narizzano. Georgy (Lynn Redgrave)
“The opposite of love is not to hate but to separate. If love and hate have something in common it is because, in both cases, their energy is that of bringing and holding together—the lover with the loved, the one who hates with the hated. Both passions are tested by separation.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)