The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of KnowledgeA watershed event in the field of sociology, this text introduced "a major breakthrough in the sociology of knowledge and sociological theory generally" (George Simpson, American Sociological Review). In this seminal book, Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann examine how knowledge forms and how it is preserved and altered within a society. Unlike earlier theorists and philosophers, Berger and Luckmann go beyond intellectual history and focus on commonsense, everyday knowledge--the proverbs, morals, values, and beliefs shared among ordinary people. When first published in 1966, this systematic, theoretical treatise introduced the term social construction, effectively creating a new thought and transforming Western philosophy |
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Preface | 1 |
The Foundations of Knowledge in Everyday Life | 17 |
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actions Alfred Schutz analysis apprehended Arnold Gehlen become Berger biography biological body of knowledge child cial cognitive concept conceptual machinery consciousness constructed context continuing conversation course defined definitions of reality dialectic distribution of knowledge Durkheim empirical example existence experience face-to-face situation Georg Simmel historical human sexuality identity ideology important individual individual's institutional order institutionalization integration intellectual interaction interest internalized jective knowl language latter legitimation Mannheim's Marx Marxism meaning meaningful mediated mythology nomic objectivated objective one's ongoingly philosophical plausibility structure possible primary socialization problem procedures produced psychological question reality of everyday reification relationship relevant roles Scheler's Schutz secondary socialization sectors sense sexual significant social processes social structure social world society sociological theory sociologist sociology of knowledge sociology of religion specific stock of knowledge subjective reality subuniverses symbolic universe Talcott Parsons Theodor Geiger theoretical Thomas Luckmann thought tion tradition types typifications Voudun