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Thomas Luckmann

Thomas Luckmann (b. 1927) was Professor for Sociology at the University of Constance in Germany. Since 1994 he is professor emeritus. He is well known for the book The social construction of reality (1996, together with Peter L. Berger) and for Structures of the Life-World (1982, together with Alfred Schütz).

Research areas of Lockmann include the Sociology of knowledge, the sociology of religion, the sociology of communicaton and the philosophy of science.

His works include:

See also: social constructionism, phenomenology