The Social Construction of Power : Reflections Beyond Berger/Luckmann and Bourdieu

Dreher, Jochen

The Social Construction of Power : Reflections Beyond Berger/Luckmann and Bourdieu

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2016

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Cultural Sociology. 2016, 10(1), pp. 53-68. ISSN 1749-9755. eISSN 1749-9763. Available under: doi: 10.1177/1749975515615623

Zusammenfassung

This paper emphasizes the specific theoretical potential of Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann’s The Social Construction of Reality for an analysis of the construction and constitution of power. In contrast to certain criticisms, as formulated for example by Pierre Bourdieu, which reproach the authors for being oblivious of power, it is shown that Berger and Luckmann’s theoretical apparatus indeed offers the possibility to reconstruct established power structures as part of objective reality. Furthermore, the authors open up a distinct perspective from which to systematically analyze the subjective dimension of power constitution with reference to the subjective reality of the individual actor. We argue that the investigation of power inevitably needs to be based on the idea of the dialectical relationship of objective and subjective reality. Moreover, this paper shows that it is specifically the subjective dimension of power constitution based on systems of relevance that allows for an explanation of the resistance to established power structures on the part of the individual actor.

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300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie

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power, social construction, social constructionism, Berger, Luckmann, legitimation, symbolic universe, phenomenology, Bourdieu, Schutz, theory of relevance, Marx Weber, Durkheim

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DREHER, Jochen, 2016. The Social Construction of Power : Reflections Beyond Berger/Luckmann and Bourdieu. In: Cultural Sociology. 2016, 10(1), pp. 53-68. ISSN 1749-9755. eISSN 1749-9763. Available under: doi: 10.1177/1749975515615623

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@article{Dreher2016-03-01Socia-32550,
  year={2016},
  doi={10.1177/1749975515615623},
  title={The Social Construction of Power : Reflections Beyond Berger/Luckmann and Bourdieu},
  number={1},
  volume={10},
  issn={1749-9755},
  journal={Cultural Sociology},
  pages={53--68},
  author={Dreher, Jochen}
}

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