Reality is produced through collective work and action
Evidence
Reality is not, as Americans are so quick to make it, a form of private property or a matter of taste. It is not the eternal given either, merely awaiting accurate representation in the individual mind once that mind is emptied of history and tradition, or the veil of false consciousness is lifted, or a better technology of communication perfected. Reality is a product of work and action, collective and associated work and action. It is formed and sustained, repaired and trans- formed, worshiped and celebrated in the ordinary business of living. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 386
Categorization
- XREF: Echoes Berger and Luckmann’s social construction of reality and Geertz’s interpretive tradition. — connects to: Human activity has progressively remade all of reality including nature — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 348; The fundamental form of power is defining reality — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 387; Communication constitutes reality rather than merely representing it — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 382 (+14 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 386
Broader Connections
- Communication constitutes reality rather than merely representing it
#expands(0.85) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 382 - Social unity is felt through concrete relations rather than abstract awareness
#expands(0.80) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 169 - Models can become true by reshaping reality to fit them
#exemplifies(0.75) — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 1426 - Creating objects allowed humans to adapt and spread geographically.
#exemplifies(0.70) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 64