The Social Construction of Reality
A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge
Published on 26. April 2011
219 pages
978-1-4532-1546-3 (ISBN)
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A 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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Peter L. Berger | Thomas Luckmann
The Social Construction of Reality
A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Preface
- Contents
- Introduction
- I. The Foundations of Knowledge in Everyday Life
- 1. The Reality of Everyday Life
- 2. Social Interaction in Everyday Life
- 3. Language and Knowledge in Everyday Life
- II. Society as Objective Reality
- 1. Institutionalization
- a. Organism and Activity
- b. Origins of Institutionalization
- c. Sedimentation and Tradition
- d. Roles
- e. Scope and Modes of Institutionalization
- 2. Legitimation
- a. Origins of Symbolic Universes
- b. Conceptual Machineries of Universe-Maintenance
- c. Social Organization for Universe-Maintenance
- III. Society as Subjective Reality
- 1. Internalization of Reality
- a. Primary Socialization
- b. Secondary Socialization
- c. Maintenance and Transformation of Subjective Reality
- 2. Internalization and Social Structure
- 3. Theories about Identity
- 4. Organism and Identity
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Subject Index
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- Name Index for Introduction and Notes
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