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Quotes from Invitation to Sociology — Peter L. Berger

1929–2017 United States

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11 quotes

In science as in love a concentration on technique is quite likely to lead to impotence.

Invitation to Sociology (1963)

Like [John] Wesley, the sociologist will have to confess that his parish is the world.

Invitation to Sociology (1963)

The game of sociology goes on in a spacious playground.

Invitation to Sociology (1963)

There are very few jokes about sociologists.

Invitation to Sociology (1963)

We have as many lives as we have points of view.

Invitation to Sociology (1963)

At least within our own consciousness, the past is malleable and flexible, constantly changing as our recollection reinterprets and re-explains what has happened.

Invitation to Sociology (1963)

The same processes that generate consensus can be manipulated by a social group worker in a summer camp in the Adirondacks and by a Communist brainwasher in a prison camp in China.

Invitation to Sociology (1963)

We are not interested in excommunicating anyone. The game of sociology goes on in a spacious playground. We are just describing a little more closely those we would like to tempt to join our game.

Invitation to Sociology (1963)

I shall admit frankly that, among the academic diversions available today, I consider sociology as a sort of 'royal game'.

Invitation to Sociology (1963)

The sensible person reads the sociological journals mainly for the book reviews and the obituaries, and goes to sociological meetings only if he is looking for a job or has other intrigues to carry on.

Invitation to Sociology (1963)

Perhaps some little boys consumed with curiosity to watch their maiden aunts in the bathroom later become inveterate sociologists. This is quite uninteresting. What interests us is the curiosity that grips any sociologist in front of a closed door behind which there are human voices.

Invitation to Sociology (1963)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Peter L. Berger (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.