The Social Construction of Reality
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4.3
Peter L. Berger
Thomas Luckmann
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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Author
Peter L. Berger
Pages
219
Publisher
Open Road Media
Published Date
2011-04-26
ISBN
1453215468 9781453215463
Ratings
Google: 4
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