In recent years, the study of highly specialized, segmented and rational interaction contexts has attracted considerable attention from sociologists, anthropologists and historians. This research has revealed the importance of different others in these contexts, and the ways in which they are marked by interactions with different others.
In this paper, I review the literature on highly specialized, segmented and rational interaction contexts, and illustrate the importance of different others in these contexts. I then discuss the implications of this research for our understanding of the social construction of reality.