Thomas Luckmann
Thomas Luckmann (; October 14, 1927 – May 10, 2016) was an American-Austrian sociologist of
German and
Slovene origin who taught mainly in
Germany. Born in
Jesenice,
Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Luckmann studied philosophy and linguistics at the
University of Vienna and the
University of Innsbruck. He married Benita Petkevic in 1950. His contributions were central to studies in sociology of communication,
sociology of knowledge,
sociology of religion, and the
philosophy of science. His best-known titles are the 1966 book, ''
The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge'' (co-authored with
Peter L. Berger), ''The Invisible Religion'' (1967), and ''The Structures of the Life-World'' (1973) (co-authored with
Alfred Schütz)
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