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{{Short description|American-Austrian sociologist}}
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{{Infobox academic
| name = Thomas Luckmann
| birth_name = Tomaž Luckmann
| birth_date = 14 October 1927
| birth_place = [[Jesenice]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] (now [[Slovenia]])
| death_date = 10 May 2016
| death_place = [[Austria]]
| spouse = Benita Petkevic (m. 1950; died 1987)
| alma_mater = [[The New School for Social Research]]
| influences = [[Alfred Schütz]], Carl Mayer
| discipline = [[Sociology]], [[Philosophy]]
| sub_discipline = [[Phenomenology (philosophy)|Phenomenology]], [[sociology of knowledge]], [[sociology of religion]]
| workplaces = [[University of Konstanz]], [[The New School for Social Research]]
| notable_works = ''[[The Social Construction of Reality]]'' (1966), ''The Invisible Religion'' (1967), "The sociology of Language"(1975), ''The Structures of the Life-World'' with Alfred Schütz (1982), and "Life-World and Social Realities" (1983)
| children = 3 daughters: Maja, Mara, and Metka
| education = University of Vienna and University of Innsbruck
| main_interests = Linguistics, history, and philosophy
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'''Thomas Luckmann''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ʌ|k|m|ən}}; October 14, 1927 – May 10, 2016) was an American-Austrian sociologist of [[Germans|German]] and [[Slovenes|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]])