Robert Bierstedt (1913–1998) was an American sociologist who wrote about sociological theory, culture, and constitutional law.
He received a master's degree in philosophy in 1935 and a doctorate in sociology in 1946 from Columbia University.
Bierstedt served as vice-president of the American Sociological Association when Sorokin was elected president.
In a paper read before the Illinois Academy of Science in 1949, he argued: "Aristotle's Politics is one of the classic works of Western civilization not because of what it tells us about the electoral machinery of the Greek city states in the fourth century before Christ, but because of its observations on the origins and functions of government.
"[2] He also held Fulbright Senior Lectureships at Edinburgh University and the London School of Economics.