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

This book is concerned with the sociology of everything that passes for knowledge in society, and particularly with that common-sense knowledge that constitutes the reality of everyday life for the ordinary member of society.;The authors are concerned to present an analysis of knowledge in everyday life in the context of a theory of society as a dialectical process between objective and subjective reality. Their development of a theory of institutions, legitimations and socializations has implications beyond the discipline of sociology, and their humanistic approach has considerable relevance for other social scientists, historians, philosophers and anthropologists.Read less