Anchor Books ; A589. 

x, 219 pages ; 18 cm.; Introduction: The problem of the sociology of knowledge -- Foundations of knowledge in everyday life: Reality of everyday life -- Social interaction in everyday life -- Language and knowledge in everyday life -- Society as objective reality: Institutionalization: Organism and activity -- Origins of institutionalization -- Sedimentation and tradition -- Roles -- Scope and modes of institutionalization -- Legitimation: Origins of Symbolic universes -- Conceptual machineries of universe-maintenance -- Social organization for universe-maintenance -- Society as subjective reality: Internalization of reality: Primary socialization -- Secondary socialization -- Maintenance and transformation of subjective reality -- Internalization and social structure -- Theories about identity -- Organism and identity -- Conclusion: The sociology of knowledge and sociological theory.; This book reformulates the sociological subdiscipline known as the sociology of knowledge. Knowledge is presented as more than ideology, including as well false consciousness, propaganda, science and art.; 

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