▁ ▁Category : 1 9 7 8 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Bob ingen ▁Category : G erman ▁male ▁bad m inton ▁players <0x0A> </s> ▁R ules ▁and ▁Mean ings : ▁The ▁Anth rop ology ▁of ▁Every day ▁Know ledge . ▁Selected ▁Read ings ▁is ▁an ▁anth ology ▁of ▁read ings ▁in ▁cultural ▁anth rop ology ▁and ▁the ▁soci ology ▁of ▁knowledge , ▁edited ▁by ▁Mary ▁Douglas ▁and ▁first ▁published ▁by ▁P engu in ▁Books ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁in ▁their ▁series ▁P engu in ▁Modern ▁Soci ology ▁Read ings . ▁The ▁background ▁to ▁the ▁selection ▁and ▁the ▁treatment ▁of ▁the ▁ 4 5 ▁ex cer pts ▁provided ▁was ▁a ▁course ▁on ▁cogn itive ▁anth rop ology ▁taught ▁by ▁Douglas ▁at ▁University ▁College ▁London . ▁She ▁not ▁only ▁selected ▁the ▁read ings , ▁but ▁also ▁provided ▁a ▁general ▁introduction ▁to ▁the ▁volume ▁and ▁a ▁brief ▁introduction ▁to ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁eight ▁sections . ▁The ▁theme ▁running ▁throughout ▁is ▁that ▁" re ality ▁is ▁soci ally ▁constructed ". ▁ ▁Cont ents ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁writers ▁are ▁represented ▁by ▁multiple ▁ex cer pts ▁in ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁section . ▁Each ▁is ▁listed ▁below ▁only ▁at ▁first ▁mention . ▁ ▁Part ▁One , ▁" T ac it ▁Con vent ions ", ▁contains ▁ex cer pts ▁from ▁the ▁writ ings ▁of ▁Ludwig ▁W itt gen stein , ▁Alfred ▁Sch üt z , ▁Harold ▁Gar f inkel ▁and ▁E . ▁E . ▁Evans - P rit ch ard .