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

Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann

How does a shared world of rules, roles and meanings come to feel solid and natural, when people created it?

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Author
Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann

Why read it

  • You will notice that many things you treat as fixed, like roles, rules and habits, were made by people
  • You will understand how habits turn into institutions that seem to have a life of their own
  • You will see how explanations and stories keep an order in place by making it feel right

Who it is for

  • A manager trying to change a stubborn workplace culture
  • A student who wants to know why social rules feel natural
  • A founder who must turn habits into lasting structure

Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Introduction
  3. The Problem of the Sociology of Knowledge
  4. 1. The Reality of Everyday Life
  5. 2. Social Interaction in Everyday Life
  6. 3. Language and Knowledge in Everyday Life
  7. 1. Institutionalization
  8. 2. Legitimation
  9. 1. Internalization of Reality
  10. 2. Internalization and Social Structure
  11. 3. Theories about Identity
  12. 4. Organism and Identity
  13. Conclusion
  14. The Sociology of Knowledge and Sociological Theory

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