Open AccessBergerova konstruktivistická sociologie vědění jako kritika vědomí
Author(s) -
Karel Hlaváček
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
sociální studia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 1803-6104
pISSN - 1214-813X
DOI - 10.5817/soc2016-3-21
Subject(s) - appeal , existentialism , sociology , value (mathematics) , epistemology , objectivity (philosophy) , consciousness , philosophy , law , political science , mathematics , statistics
The article deals with the tension between „value-freeness“ or „objectivity“ and the critical intention in the sociology of Peter L. Berger. I put forward the thesis that Berger’s approach to this problem is inconsistent: Berger often claims his sociology to be value-free, but close investigation discovers implied value-laden contents, consisting in an appeal to human freedom in existentialist sense of the word and critique of what is inconsistent with this appeal. In the article, I analyse this inconsistency and identify the points through which these values leak into Berger’s sociology. I suggest that the value contents are essential to Berger’s sociology, which is why his work should be read as an outline of a critique of consciousness.