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

by Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann · 1967

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This book reformulates the sociological subdiscipline known as the sociology of knowledge. Knowledge is presented as more than ideology, including as well false consciousness, propaganda, science and art.

Subject
philosophysociologysocial sciencepsychologyanthropology
Themes
art
Setting
college
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages

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