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The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge Paperback – 11 July 1967

English edition by Peter L. Berger (Autor), Thomas Luckmann (Autor)
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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.
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    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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    11 July 1967
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    13.21 x 1.4 x 20.32 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    9780385058988
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"... A major breakthrough in the  sociology of knowledge." -- American  Sociological Review.

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This book reformulates the sociological subdiscipline known as the sociology of knowledge. Knowledge is presented as more than ideology, including as well false consciousness, propaganda, science and art.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0385058985
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (11 July 1967)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780385058988
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385058988
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.21 x 1.4 x 20.32 cm
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Peter L. Berger (Boston, MA) is University Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, at Boston University and the founder and Senior Research Fellow of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs. He has written numerous books on sociological theory, the sociology of religion, and Third World development. Among his more recent books are In Praise of Doubt (with Anton Zijderveld); Religious America, Secular Europe? (with Grace Davie and Effie Fokas); Questions of Faith; Many Globalizations (edited with Samuel Huntington); and Redeeming Laughter: The Comic Dimension of Human Experience. Professor Berger has received honorary degrees from Loyola University, University of Notre Dame, University of Geneva, University of Munich, Sofia University, and Renmin University of China.

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  • Enter Name
    5.0 out of 5 stars Everything we live is not yours.
    Reviewed in Germany on 21 October 2024
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    One of the greatest books you can read if asking for answers, why society is “wrecked” by design. Helped people around me and myself to vanish reality and step out and into the matrix on personal free will/won’t. Great. A must read for stranded and based souls .
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  • zoraa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Your reality is constructed. Understand it and deconstruct it.
    Reviewed in Germany on 3 August 2015
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    I will keep it short because my prior amazon-judges already gave a in-depth description and summary of the book. My short advice: Read this book and you will be introduced in the idea of the construction of yours/ours reality. Afterwards you will look in a more differentiated way on pretty much everything around you and realize"it could be different, if I and the society I live in just started to see and define it differently". At the same time you will understand the power of strong institutions, which force certain structures and beliefs upon you - from written law to invisible "common sense" ideas. These institutions are the fiber which holds our constructed reality together - they are changeable, but to which extend? That is to be discussed and tested.
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  • Georg H.
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to social constructionism but poorly written
    Reviewed in Germany on 4 May 2023
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    The book covers some history on social constructionism and explains the reasoning behind social constructionism. The book implicitly assumes the blank slate theory to be true so it might be difficult to follow the reasoning for people that have a more balanced take on the nature vs nurture debate.

    As typical for works in sociology and especially social constructionism, the book has a lot of jargon and is generally poorly written. The criticism of functionalism is especially odd as the authors dismiss the entire approach by essentially strawmannirg the approach.

    I give it 3 stars because the content is helpful in understanding how social constructionists reason
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  • Dan Jackson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Solid...fascinating...an overlooked classic.
    Reviewed in Germany on 9 September 1997
    I enjoy these dense books of ideas, but rarely come away from them as fulfilled and enlightened as I came away from this one. Building on the premise that most (if not all)of the knowledge we have, both objective and subjective, comes from the society we live in, the authors examine how knowledge forms and how it is maintained and modified by the institutions that embody it and individuals who embrace it. It gives a scientific grounding to the symbiotic relationship between an individual and his or her community. The book is scholarly, but accessable, with frequent commonplace examples to shed light on the ideas. And it is delightfully brief and to the point, with laudably little of philosophical tedium and academic backbiting that often weighs down such works
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  • William C. Burkett
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - thorough and well-focused
    Reviewed in Germany on 10 July 1998
    I am surprised that a book this old and this thought-provoking isn't more widely-known and cited in discussions concerning the world of thought and ideas. After reading it, I'm tempted to describe it as "this is where the universe begins" because for all practical purposes, it does! Berger and Luckman are very successful at presenting a scholarly account on the theory of knowledge in a (relatively) easy to comprehend and digest manner. Anyone who's read Pirsig's "Lila" and "Zen and the Art of Motorcyle Maintenance" will find this work just as interesting *and* an easier read!
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  • jan d
    3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, not easy to read and in mediocre printing quality
    Reviewed in Germany on 15 October 2018
    The book-itself: Normal paperback. The paper has a nice haptic quality but the structure makes making notes a bit harder than usual. The print quality is a disappointment: The letters were rather bold, actually sharp edges of the letters are rounded and letter openings are more narrow than they should be.

    The content:
    This was very interesting, but hard to read. I liked that it provided some very interesting, coherent ideas of what “reality” is for people and how it is “build”. For this, it introduces some key concepts like objectification, externalization, internalization and reification. Good for understanding the concepts was the use of examples.
    Nevertheless, the language was very abstract and it seems that some basic knowledge in the terminology of marxism as well as A. Schütz’s phenomenology would have been useful. Furthermore, the book uses a lot of latin phrases. It might have been normal when the book was written, but today the liberal use of “ipso facto”, “Ergo sum” and “in actu” seems dated and makes it hard to read (for the non-latin speakers, at least)
    I made extensive notes which speaks for the book.
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  • Enrique H.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent book
    Reviewed in Mexico on 10 August 2022
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    great thinking. As the author said once again. In science as in love , concentration in techenique produces impotence.
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  • Nilesh wasnik
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice thought provoking book
    Reviewed in India on 8 April 2022
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    A masterpiece in sociology if read properly will destroy the concepts of religious thinking and existence of God and Goddesses..the whole scenario of religion will be crushed to death..A must read for every scientific attitude person.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice thought provoking book
    Reviewed in India on 8 April 2022
    A masterpiece in sociology if read properly will destroy the concepts of religious thinking and existence of God and Goddesses..the whole scenario of religion will be crushed to death..A must read for every scientific attitude person.
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  • red wolf
    5.0 out of 5 stars For anyone interested in sociology and epistemology in general.
    Reviewed in Italy on 8 February 2021
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    For anyone interested in Social Sciences. IMHO one of the most insightful books ever written comparable to The Structure of Scientific Revolution by Thomas Kuhn. Just brilliant.
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  • Client d'Amazon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ouvrage indispensable pour qui veut comprendre l'ontologie constructiviste.
    Reviewed in France on 15 June 2017
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    Oeuvre séminale, limpide et complète, aux fondements de la plupart des travaux souscrivant à une ontologie constructiviste (selon laquelle, pour faire court, la réalité sociale est un produit de la société).
    Lecture indispensable, agréable et stimulante.
    Quant à l'objet, la version "paperback" est tout à fait satisfaisante, portable et solide, même si le papier peut avoir un aspect un peu rugueux.
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  • CFD
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on 2 September 2016
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    important book happy I've gotten it.
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