The social construction of reality : a treatise in the sociology of knowledge
The classic work that redefined the sociology of knowledge and has inspired a generation of philosophers and thinkers 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
1 online resource (x, 219 pages)
9781453215463, 9781453215463, 1453215468
1006298039
Print version :
Reprint. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday 1966
"First Anchor Books edition, 1967"--Title page verso
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