Social Constructivism as Paradigm?

Introduction: The Reality of Social Constructivism. Introductory Remarks

Part I: The Theory of "The Social Construction of Reality" and its Reception

1. Why are Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann Austrians?

2. The Theoretical Claims of The Social Construction of Reality

3. The Cultural Dimension of Social Constructions. On the Meaning of "Doings" and the Meaning of "Dones"

4. The Reality of Material Objectivations: On Dwelling as a Mode of Internalization

5. Social Constructions through Socialization. The Perspective of a Constructivist Socialization Research

6. Objectification and Verbalization. Social Constructivism and the Problem of Language

7. Some Reflections on Reception and Influence of Berger and Luckmann`s Book on Social Construction of Reality in the Spanish-Speaking World

Part II: The Variety of Constructivisms

8. Variations of Constructivism

9. The Social Construction of Technology: Where it Came From and Where it Might be Heading

10. The Concept of Alternation and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge

11. From Pragmatism to Interactive Constructivism

12. Autogenesis and Autopoiesis. On the Emergence of Social Reality in Social and Radical Constructivism

13. Knowledge as a Form of the Life-Course â" The General Constructivism of Social Systems Theory

14. Oblivion of Power? The Social Construction of Reality and the (Counter-) Critique of Pierre Bourdieu

15. Habitualization and Habitus â" On the Relation between Social Constructivism and the Theory of Practice

16. The Social Construction of Reality: Traces and Transformation

Part III: Recent Developments of Social Constructivism

17. From the Social to the Communicative Construction of Reality

18. From Understanding to Impact: Communicative Power

19. The Discursive Construction of Realities

Conclusion: The Social Construction of Reality as a Paradigm?