Interview with Peter L. Berger on The Social Construction of Reality

The interview with Peter L. Berger with a focus on the 50th anniversary of The Social Construction of Reality was conducted on October 18, 2016 by Jochen Dreher.

[jonathanmizuta]

Thank you, Dr. Berger, for your contribution to the social construction of our reality.

[rascalkr]

"Not all constructions are equally valid." Truth.

[daviddulom]

🥰🥰🥰 thank you for this interview😇
We cant see Karl mark and other sociologists talk about their theories and perspectives, nice to see him, greetz and other social scientists talking about their works.

[volkangocoglu]

Thank you for this interview. I was influenced by the book and wondering about the writers. This fresh video made me happy.

[lindadunn]

That all constructions are not equally valid seems ground on which to stand even in this shifty time. Many thanks for this thoughtful interview.

[sunithaolry]

Even the social scientists know how to laugh...😍

[Fuadi]

Terimakasih abah telah menyumbang pemikiran saya atas konstruksi sosial terhadap kenyataan kita

[zuLess]

I am very interested in this concept of pluralism.

[zuLess]

I feel that people that "know of" the book instead of reading it seem to think that there is no realism in it. I must admit that I thought so myself before reading it. To me, I dont see the contradiction between this theory and biological theories of human behavior.

[Schmidt]

Well, I mean, Buddhism had it first, but since that does not count towards Western science, this is the thing. Especially with people ideologizing the idea that everything is a social construct and abusing the concept towards political or social activist goals, quotes like "not all constructions are equally valid" and that "Not to be able to distinguish reality from ideology is actually the clinical definition of schizophrenia" are the sound of reasoning we definetly need these days.

[alonsoaravena]

Peter Berger's friendship with Thomas Luckmann 00:00 to 2:28

[takauma]

Social Constructivism as Paradigm? The Legacy of The Social Why are Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann Austrians?

[booyaka]

Is he saying securization theory or secularization theory at 14:56?

[thepalebluedot]

@6:20 Those 3 bearded men from latin america wanted some sort of Social engineering (political science) project, similar to the 1920s the government of the Soviet Union embarked on a campaign to fundamentally alter the behavior and ideals of Soviet citizens, to replace the old social frameworks of the Russian Empire with a new Soviet culture, and to develop the New Soviet man. Commissars became agents of social engineering.

The Cultural Revolution (CR), formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his death in 1976

In India, social engineering was effectively done in the state of Bihar, on a grand scale, to unify different castes after 2005.

In his political science book,  The Open Society and Its Enemies, volume I,  The Spell of Plato (1945),  Karl Popper made a distinction between the principles of 'what he called "piecemeal social engineering" and Utopian social engineering..

[bryanpepperell]

Society is more than just a social construction. The Bible had a tremendous impact on society but you cannot say the Bible is just a social construction. The Bible makes distinctive claims that are set it above a social construction.