The Communicative Construction of Reality

by Hubert Knoblauch

Book Overview

This volume advocates a shift from the social constructivism found in the work of Thomas Luckmann and Peter Berger, to a communicative constructivism that acknowledges communication as an embodied form of action in its own right, according to which social actors, in engaging in communicative action, construct a material social reality that guides, delimits, and enables actions. A study of the importance of understanding the role of communication...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103208474X
• ISBN13: 9781032084749
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"