BERGER, Peter L. (1934-):
American/Austrian SOCIOLOGIST who is best known for his work
on the social construction of reality. Many of his ideas have been misinterpreted to imply
RELATIVISM which Berger strongly denies. His best known works are: Invitation to
Sociology (1963), The Social Construction of Reality (1966) with Thomas
Luckmann, The Social Reality of Religion (1967). More recently he has written The
War Against the Family (1984), in collaboration with his wife Brigitte Berger, and
various books on RELIGION, economics and social theory such as Pyramids of Sacrifice (1974).