LECTURE: The Reality of Everyday Life: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge, Berger and Luckmann, 1966/ 1991
KEYWORDS: Everyday Life, Language and Knowledge, Peter Ludwing Berger, Reality of Everyday Life, Shared Common Sense Reality, Social Construction of Reality, Social Interaction in Everyday Life, Sociology of Knowledge, Sociology of Language, Thomas Luckmann
University of Delhi
Bachelor of Arts
Sociological Thinkers
READING TO BE COVERED: Berger, P. L. and T. Luckmann, 1966/ 1991, The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge, London: Penguin Books
Dear students,
Apart from my three lectures based on three chapters of Berger and Luckmann (Berger, P. L. and T. Luckmann, 1966/ 1991, The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge, London: Penguin Books. Chapter 1, The Reality of Everyday Life, pp 33-42; Chapter 2, Social Interaction in Everyday Life, pp. 43-48; Chapter 3, Language and Knowledge in Everyday Life, pp 49-61), please also watch these video lectures.
Dear students, the book “The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge” was published in 1966, written by Peter Ludwing Berger (1929-2017) and Thomas Luckmann (1927-2016) is about the Sociology of Knowledge.
The main thrust of this book is how knowledge is developing, getting shaped, and how we are practicing it in our everyday day life. However, to understand the core idea of the book and argument you must know what is social action and what is reality.
Before going to these videos and other lectures, please remember my introductory lection in the class.
Please watch first three videos and listen the writer of the book very carefully.
These videos will also help to understand how professors from the western counters are giving lecture and interview, and how it is different from India. The fourth one is by Prof. Maitreyee Chaudhuri, JNU, New Delhi and this will help you understand how professors from top universities are delivering the lecture.
Video One: Interview with Peter L. Berger on The Social Construction of Reality
Interview with Peter L. Berger on The Social Construction of Reality
Video Two: 50th Anniversary of Social Construction by Thomas Luckmann
Video Three: Why hasn’t religion died out? Peter Berger, Ross Douthat and Kristen Lucken
Video Four: The Reality of Everyday Life by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckman, Lecture by Prof. Maitreyee Chaudhuri. She is processor at Centre for the Study of Social System (CSSS, Sociology), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
The Reality of Everyday Life (Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckman), Lecture by Prof. Maitreyee Chaudhuri, JNU
Hope it had helped you lot to understand the main thrust of the book and sociology of knowledge.
If you need any clarification or if you have any question please comment below. When you are asking or commenting on video lecture please also mention the time of the video, for better understanding from both sides as well as the audience.
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