ABSTRACT
A "sociological tourist", need not be stubbornly at odds with every kind of methodological standardization and uniformity, as illustrated by Berger's use of "cognitive maps". In Sociology Reinterpreted, Berger provides a series of topically related hypothetical examples of how one might go about acquiring a better understanding of specific, sociologically informed aspects of a small part of the social world. By contrast, in The Capitalist Revolution, Berger purports to present fifty testable hypotheses concerning capitalism. Berger recognized that there was consequential diversity in this group, just as there was a great deal of variability among stakeholders throughout South Africa. In the United States, research methods have come to be construed very narrowly, limited to choices regarding how best to collect and analyze empirical data. Thus Berger's use of the term "dual citizenship", another conceptual and linguistic innovation that serves him well and succinctly clarifies an important aspect of the sociologist's role.
