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Society and Knowledge

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Nico Stehr
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Contents

The Sociology of Knowledge
35
Durkheim and Mauss Revisited Classification and the Sociology of Knowledge
67
Knowledge and Utility Implications for the Sociology of Knowledge
93
Theoretical Perspectives
113
Introduction
115
Toward a Sociology of Cognition
117
The Conventional Component in Knowledge and Cognition
151
The Fabrication of Facts Toward a Microsociology of Scientific Knowledge
175
Mixing Metaphors Politics or Economics of Knowledge?
269
Knowledge Societies
299
Empirical Studies
323
Introduction
325
Polarity and Knowledge
329
Kausalität Anschaulichkeit and Individualität or How Cultural Values Prescribed the Character and the Lessons Ascribed to Quantum Mechanics
357
Midwifery as Science An Essay on the Relation between Scientific and Everyday Knowledge
373
The Discursive Production of Uncertainty The OJ Simpson Dream Team and the Sociology of Knowledge Machine
393

Knowledge and Power
197
Introduction
199
Knowledge and Power An Interview by Peter Ludes
203
Knowledge as Product and Property
243
About the Contributors
439
Index
445
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TitleSociety and Knowledge
EditorNico Stehr
Edition2
PublisherTransaction Publishers, 2005
ISBN1412815770, 9781412815772
Length451 pages
  
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