Peter L. Berger

Die gesellschaftliche Konstruktion der Wirklichkeit

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Marriage and the Construction of Reality: An Exercise in the Microsociology of Knowledge

one ought properly to investigate also the nomic processes that, by their absence, lead to the aforementioned states. If, consequently, one finds a negative correlation between marriage and anomie, then one should be led to inquire into the character of marriage as a nomos-building instrumentality, that is, of marriage as a social arrangement that creates for the individual the sort of order in which he can experience his life as making sense. It is our intention here to discuss marriage in these

The social reality of religion

of great satisfaction to sociologists generally in the Western world that the study of the uses of sociology has attracted so much attention in America, and has absorbed so much of the energies and resources of the profession, and, moreover, of the inventiveness which has gone into the opening up of new paths into the future. We wish our colleagues the best of good fortune; our own branch of the profession cannot but profit in the highest degree from contact with theirs. We owe, in fact, an immense debt to them for having faced the special difficulties that confront them in the way they have done, and we turn back to the situation in our own

The Social Construction of Reality

Publikacijoje apžvelgiama žinojimo sociologijos disciplinos raida, pateikiamos svarbiausios jos nagrinėjamos sąvokos ir tyrimo tikslai. Teigiama, kad tikrovė yra socialiskai konstruojama ir kad žinojimo sociologija turi analizuoti sio konstravimo procesus. Ji turi aiskinti ne tik empirine žinojimo įvairove visuomenėse, bet taip pat ir procesus, dėl kurių bet kuris žinojimas tampa socialiskai pripažinta tikrove. K. Marxo tezė, kad žmogaus sąmone apsprendžia jo socialinė būtis, tapo bazine žinojimo sociologijos teze. Terminą „žinojimo sociologija“įvedė M. Scheleris. Jis teigė, kad visuomenė lemia idėjų būtį, bet ne jų prigimtį ir pabrėžė individualaus žmogiskojo žinojimo aprioriskumą, kuris prasmės sistemą įgyja visuomenėje. K. Mannheimas teigė, kad visuomenė sąlygoja ne tik žmogiskosios idealizacijos formą, bet ir turinį. Jam svarbiausias buvo ideologijos reiskinys. Skyrė partikuliarinės, totalinės ir bendrosios ideologijos sąvokas. R. Mertonas siekė sujungti žinojimo sociologijos ir struktūrinės funkcinės teorijos pozicijas. Autoriai isplecia sios sociolgijos tyrimo objektą teigdami, kad ji turi tirti ne tik idėjų istoriją, bet viską, kas visuomenėje laikoma žinojimu.

La construcción social de la realidad

Obra ressenyada: Peter L. BERGER; Thomas LUCKMANN, La construccion social de la realidad. Buenos Aires, Amorrortu, 1968.

The limits of social cohesion : conflict and mediation in pluralist societies : a report of the Bertelsmann Foundation to the Club of Rome

* Preface Werner Weidenfeld. * Preface Ricardo Dez-Hochleitner. * Introduction Volker Then. * The American Culture War James Davison Hunter. * The Past in the Present: Redefining Lacit in Multicultural France Danile Hervieu-Lger. * Normative Conflicts in Germany: Basic Consensus, Changing Values, and Social Movements Franz-Xaver Kaufmann. * Uncertain Ghosts: Populists and Urbans in Postcommunist Hungary Jnos Mtys Kovcs. * Revolution from the Top and Horizontal Mediation: The Case of Chiles Transition to Democracy Arturo Fontaine Talavera. * South Africa: Normative Conflicts, Social Cohesion, and Mediating Institutions Ann Bernstein. * Some Notes on Normative Conflicts in Turkey Serif Mardin. * Islamic Tolerance: The Struggle for a Pluralist Ethics in Contemporary Indonesia Robert W. Hefner. * The Conflict of Norms and Values in Contemporary Indian Society Andr Bteille. * Normative Conflicts in Japan Seizaburo Sato. * Normative Conflicts in Contemporary Taiwan Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao. * Conclusion: General Observations on Normative Conflicts and Mediation Peter L. Berger.

The human shape of work: studies in the sociology of occupations

The human shape of work: studies in the sociology of occupations , The human shape of work: studies in the sociology of occupations , کتابخانه دیجیتال و فن آوری اطلاعات دانشگاه امام صادق(ع)

Sectarianism and Religious Sociation

The sociology of religion has generally followed the classical church/sect typology developed by Weber and Troeltsch. Recent work suggest a continuum rather than a dichotomy of the two types. The analysis of the dynamic of parish life often reveals sectarian characteristics. In a study of Protestant parishes in southwestern Germany the author analyzed the sectarian character of the lay leadership. The pietist Gemeinschaften of this region, despite their sectarian character, play a crucial role in church affairs. It is suggested that sectarianism be understood as a type of religious sociation not necessarily leading to the sect as a social structure distinct form the church.

Sociology and Theology

“The vertigo of relativity that historical scholarship has precipitated upon theological thought may … be said to deepen in the perspective of sociology. At this point one is not much helped by the methodological assurance that theology, after all, takes place in a different frame of reference. That assurance comforts only if one is safely established in that frame of reference, if, so to speak, one already has a theology going. The existential question, however, is how one may begin to theologize in the first place.”

Review Symposium: Peter L. Berger's "The Heretical Imperative"

This review symposium on Peter L. Bergers The Heretical Imperative: Comtemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation originated in a plenary session of the 1980 SSSR annual meeting in Cincinnati. The plenary session, chaired by Joseph H. Fichter, was organized by John Seidler, with the assistance of Wade Clark Roof. I am grateful to John for providing this readymade package. His work, along with the excellent cooperation I received from Peter Berger, the four discussants, and Journal Editor Phillip Hammond, is a dramatic example of the professional spirit that routinely prevails in our book review endeavors.