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The Social Construction Of Reality:a Treatise In the Sociology Of Knowledge
[Paperback - 1967]
peter l. berger
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Category: Sociology
Sub-category: Sociology
Additional Category: Philosophy - Anthropology
Publisher: Anchor | ISBN: 9780385058988 | Pages: 240
Shipping Weight: .176 | Dimensions: 5.2 x .55 x 8 inches

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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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Peter L. Berger was an internationally renowned sociologist, and the founder of Boston University's Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs. He was born in Vienna and came to the U.S. in his late teens. He had a master's degree and a doctorate from the New School for Social Research in New York. After two years in the United States Army, he taught at the University of Georgia and the University of North Carolina before going to the Hartford Seminary Foundation as an Assistant Professor in Social Ethics.In 1992, Peter Berger was awarded the Manes Sperber Prize, presented by the Austrian government for significant contributions to culture. He was the author of many books, among themThe Social Construction of Reality,The Homeless Mind, andQuestions of Faith.

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