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A student of Talcott Parsons at Harvard (receiving the Doctor of Philosophy in 1960), he nevertheless had little interest in structural functionalism and was one of the first proponents of sociobiological approaches to social phenomena.
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Pierre Berghe
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Born in the Belgian Congo to Belgian parents, and spending World World War II in occupied Belgium, he was an early witness to ethnic conflict and racism, which eventually led him to become a leading authority on ethnic relations. He has conducted field work in South Africa, Mexico, Guatemala, Iran, Lebanon, Nigeria, Peru, and Israel.
