Paperback of The Social Construction of Reality by Anchor Books, featuring the book cover with title and author details.
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Paperback of The Social Construction of Reality by Anchor Books, featuring the book cover with title and author details.

The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge

Anchor Books
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Description

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.

Author: Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 07/11/1967
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780385058988
ISBN10: 0385058985
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Philosophy | Social
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social

About the Author
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.