Marx, Scheler, Weber, Mannheim - the gilded names in the pantheon
of sociological thought always seem to be German. Even Durkheim,
though French, probably had ancestors along the Rhine. In any case,
Berger (of The New School) and Luckmann (of the University of
Frankfurt) quite properly hatched the present volume "in the course
of some leisurely conversations. . . on the top of the Alps of
Western Austria," and have dedicated it to the memory of the late
Alfred Schutz. The study, quite apart from its programmatic value
as a "treatise in the sociology of knowledge," has other more
philosophical recommendations: Husserlian phenomenology, Sartre and
Jaspers, Mead and the Deweyan tradition, as well as linguistic,
psychological, and historical aspects currently fashionable, all
mesh together to gather up the unwieldy strands constituting the
social fabric. Actually, the metaphor is misleading, for the real
intent of the authors, however circumlocutory, is a clearing-away
operation, an attempt at ridding the discipline of both narrow
inquiries and generalized terminology. What is needed is a
"systematic accounting" of the dialectical forces interacting
between the subjective and objective poles of modern living, so
that "sociology takes its place in the company of the sciences that
deal with man as man." If such desires smack of that puzzling,
popular phrase, "philosophical anthropology," it only certifies the
forward-looking penchant of our authors, who boldly examine the
possible integrating factors of business, religion, politics,
biology, et al., to produce a thoroughgoing, if windy, theoretical
contribution. (Kirkus Reviews)
A general and systematic account of the role of knowledge in
society aimed to stimulate both critical discussion and empirical
investigations. This book is concerned with the sociology of
'everything that passes for knowledge in society'. It focuses
particularly on that 'common-sense knowledge' which 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.
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