Peter Berger’s Last Visit to The New School for Social Research
Revisiting The Social Construction of Reality
Although circumstances did not permit Peter Berger to attend in person The New School’s conference commemorating the upcoming fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Social Construction of Reality, it was wonderful to have him with us via Skype (nicely captured with me in the accompanying surreal photo). It was also great to have Thomas Luckmann in a video message, and a group of distinguished scholars who have been informed and provoked by Berger and Luckmann’s masterwork: Alan Sica, Eviatar Zerubavel, Asia Friedman, Steve Hoffman and Silke Steets. …
Theresa May, Goop, and Father’s Day
Past Present: Episode 88
In this week’s episode, Niki, Neil and Natalia debate the outcome of the recent British election, Gwyneth Paltrow and Goop, and the history of Father’s Day.
Have Muslims Replaced Jews as the Other of the Twenty-First Century?
An excerpt from 'Modernity and the Jews in Western Social Thought'
