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Peter L. Berger

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Peter L. Berger

Birthname

AKA: Peter Berger

Birthday: March 17, 1929

Educated At: Wagner College, The New School

Nationality: United States Of America, Austria

Occupations: Theologian, University Teacher, Sociologist

Total quotes: 1

“Toward the end of his life Max Weber was asked by a friend to whom he had been explaining the pessimistic conclusions of his sociological analysis: ‘But, if you think this way, why do you continue doing sociology?’ Weber’s reply is one of the most chilling statements I know in the history of Western thought: ‘Because I want know how much I can stand.’”

— Peter L. Berger, Facing Up To Modernity: Excursions in Society, Politics, and Religion

Tagged: Pessimisim, Sociology

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