Peter Berger
Peter Berger · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Sociologist of knowledge and religion; co-author of 'The Social Construction of Reality'
1929, Vienna, Austria — 2017, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Austria · USA
Peter Berger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Sociologist of knowledge and religion; co-author of 'The Social Construction of Reality'
Berger was an Austrian-American sociologist of knowledge and religion who, with Thomas Luckmann, wrote The Social Construction of Reality (1966), a foundational text arguing that everyday social order is built and sustained through shared human meaning-making. He also became a leading analyst of modernization and secularization. He was born to Jewish parents who had converted to Christianity, and the family fled Austria after the Nazi annexation.
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Sociologist of knowledge and religion; co-author of 'The Social Construction of Reality'
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