The Social Construction of Reality by Peter L. Berger - ISBN: 9780385058988
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Reality isn’t fixed: society shapes what we believe is true.

The Social Construction of Reality

A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge

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    240 pages

  • Release Date

    11 July 1967

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Summary

Called the “fifth-most important sociological book of the 20th century” by the International Sociological Association, this groundbreaking study of knowledge introduces the concept of “social construction” into the social sciences for the first time. In it, Berger and Luckmann reformulate the task of the sociological subdicipline that, since Max Scheler, has been known as the sociology of knowledge.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780385058988
ISBN-10:0385058985
Author:Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Anchor Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:11 July 1967
Weight:198g
Dimensions:201mm x 132mm x 14mm
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”… A major breakthrough in the

”… A major breakthrough in the sociology of knowledge.” – American Sociological Review.

About The Author

Peter L. Berger

PETER L. BERGER is University Professor and Director of the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture at Boston University. He is the author of, among other books, Invitation to Sociology, The Sacred Canopy, and The Capitalist Revolution.

THOMAS LUCKMANN is Professor of Sociology at the University of Konstanz (West Germany). He is the author of, among other books, The Invisible Religion and (with Alfred Schutz) Structures of the Life-World.

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