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Society & knowledge : contemporary perspectives in the sociology of knowledge & science / edited by Nico Stehr and Volker Meja.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers, c2005.Edition: 2nd, rev. edDescription: 451 p. : 24 cmISBN:
  • 0765802953 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1412804744 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Society and knowledge
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.4/2 22
LOC classification:
  • BD175 SOC 2005
Contents:
Introduction : the development of the sociology of knowledge and science / Nico Stehr and Volker Meja -- 1. The sociology of knowledge / Robert K. Merton -- 2. Durkheim and Mauss revisited : classification and the sociology of knowledge / David Bloor -- 3. Knowledge and utility : implications for the sociology of knowledge / Michael J. Mulkay -- 4. Toward a sociology of cognition / Gunter Dux -- 5. The conventional component in knowledge and cognition / Barry Barnes -- 6. The fabrication of facts : toward a microsociology of scientific knowledge / Karin Knorr-Cetina -- 7. Knowledge and power : an interview by Peter Ludes / Norbert Elias -- 8. Knowledge as product and property / Steve Fuller -- 9. Mixing metaphors : politics or economics of knowledge? / Dick Pels -- 10. Knowledge societies / Nico Stehr -- 11. Polarity and knowledge / Barry Schwartz -- 12. Kausalitat, Anschaulichkeit, and Individualitat, or how cultural values prescribed the character and the lessons ascribed to quantum mechanics / Paul Forman -- 13. Midwifery as science : an essay on the relation between scientific and everyday knowledge / Gernot Bohme -- 14. The discursive production of uncertainty : The OJ Simpson "dream team" and the sociology of knowledge machine / Michael Lynch.
Review: "These fourteen essays by social scientists, philosophers, and historians cover fundamental issues, theoretical perspectives, knowledge and power, and empirical studies. Eight of the fourteen contributions were part of the first edition of Society and Knowledge, published in 1984, and most of these have been updated and revised for this new edition." "This second, revised edition builds on its predecessor in presenting cutting-edge theoretical and empirical efforts to transform the sociology of knowledge. Professionals, policy-makers, and graduate students in the fields of sociology, political science, and social science will find this volume of interest and importance."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the development of the sociology of knowledge and science / Nico Stehr and Volker Meja -- 1. The sociology of knowledge / Robert K. Merton -- 2. Durkheim and Mauss revisited : classification and the sociology of knowledge / David Bloor -- 3. Knowledge and utility : implications for the sociology of knowledge / Michael J. Mulkay -- 4. Toward a sociology of cognition / Gunter Dux -- 5. The conventional component in knowledge and cognition / Barry Barnes -- 6. The fabrication of facts : toward a microsociology of scientific knowledge / Karin Knorr-Cetina -- 7. Knowledge and power : an interview by Peter Ludes / Norbert Elias -- 8. Knowledge as product and property / Steve Fuller -- 9. Mixing metaphors : politics or economics of knowledge? / Dick Pels -- 10. Knowledge societies / Nico Stehr -- 11. Polarity and knowledge / Barry Schwartz -- 12. Kausalitat, Anschaulichkeit, and Individualitat, or how cultural values prescribed the character and the lessons ascribed to quantum mechanics / Paul Forman -- 13. Midwifery as science : an essay on the relation between scientific and everyday knowledge / Gernot Bohme -- 14. The discursive production of uncertainty : The OJ Simpson "dream team" and the sociology of knowledge machine / Michael Lynch.

"These fourteen essays by social scientists, philosophers, and historians cover fundamental issues, theoretical perspectives, knowledge and power, and empirical studies. Eight of the fourteen contributions were part of the first edition of Society and Knowledge, published in 1984, and most of these have been updated and revised for this new edition." "This second, revised edition builds on its predecessor in presenting cutting-edge theoretical and empirical efforts to transform the sociology of knowledge. Professionals, policy-makers, and graduate students in the fields of sociology, political science, and social science will find this volume of interest and importance."--BOOK JACKET.

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