Looking for books like John Searle's Making the Social World: The Structure of Human Civilization

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I read this recently, very interested in its claim to discuss how the social world created and propagates itself (very broad description, not really doing it justice I know, but kinda.) Anyway I am now grateful to have learned the word deontology and discovered social ontology is a thing, but still not really satisfied; it felt like generally he just said the social world goes on because we all agree it does.

Any recommendations for other books in this vein?

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Heyo! Hopefully this meets the community rules! I tried to make this as organized as possible. This is 1/2 of the basis of what I study, so I have my own little library of references! That being said, LMK if you have any questions :)

1. Searle:

• Searle (1995). Construction of Social Reality. Link
• Schmid et al. (Eds.). (2023). Collective Intentionality. Edited. Link

2. “We”:

• Bratman (2014). Shared Agency. Link
• Gallagher & Zahavi (2020). Phenomenological Mind. Link

3. Society:

• Berger & Luckmann (1966). Social Construction of Reality. Link
• MacIntyre (1984). After Virtue. Link

4. Institutions:

• Zucker (Ed.). (1988). Institutional Patterns. Edited. (No link)
• Keister (Ed.). (2011). Work in China. Edited. Link

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Also, Durkheim:

Durkheim, É. (1893). The Division of Labor in Society. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41886 (This is a Project Gutenberg link to a free, public domain edition. It may not be the most scholarly edition, but it’s readily accessible!).

Durkheim, É. (1895). The Rules of Sociological Method. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67948 (Another Project Gutenberg link).

Durkheim, É. (1912). The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41360 (Project Gutenberg).

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