The publication of The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge by Peter L. Berger[?] and Thomas Luckmann[?] in 1966 popularised the concept and the terminology of "socially constructed reality".
Socially contructed reality can also mean that portion of reality which consists of social or cultural artifacts, see The Construction of Social Reality, John R. Searle, The Free Press, 1995, hardcover: ISBN 0-02-928045-1 trade paperback: ISBN 0-684-83179-1 The nature of that part of external reality which is a social or cultural product, e.g. money, marriage, government, hula hoops, etc. Also contains few chapters on realism.
See also: consensus reality
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