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This book opens up a new route to the study of knowledge dynamics and the sociology of knowledge. The focus is on the role of metaphors as powerful catalysts, and the book dissects their role in the construction of theories of knowledge. It is of vital interest to social and cognitive scientists alike.
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SABINE MAASEN is Professor for Science Studies at the University of Basel. Her research interests include the dynamics of knowledge, social construction of volition and consciousness, neosocial governmentality, and new forms of knowledge production. A related publication is on "Voluntary Action: On Brains, Minds, and Sociality" (with Wolfgang Prinz & Gerhard Roth, 2003). BARBARA SUTTER is Research Assistant at the University of Basel. Her training is in sociology, political science, and philosophy and her research work focuses on transformations of the social by politics of participation and responsibilization.
Peter Weingart is Director Emeritus of the Institute for Science and Technology Studies (IWT) and Professor Emeritus of Sociology (of Science) at Bielefeld University.
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"This is a substantial, interesting, and wel-written analysis of the role of metaphors within various disciplines. The authors have produced a worthy analysis of what they call "knowledge dynamics." ...Many people will find parts of this book of interest, and researchers in the sociology/philosophy of sciences and those interested in applications of chaos/complexity and biological models of social analysis will be especially assisted by the detailed materials."
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0415208025
- ISBN 13 9780415208024
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages196
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Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge / Sabine Maasen and Peter Weingart
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First Edition. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 185 p. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-176) and indexes. Contents; Metaphors and the Dynamics of Knowledge; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge: preliminary thoughts; 1 Analysing knowledge dynamics, in general, and the role of metaphors, in particular; Observing the dynamics of 'ideas' in society; Changing the observatory: a systems-theoretical and discourse-analytical approach; 2 Metaphors as targets and tools in the analysis of knowledge dynamics; Troubling terms; Metaphor analysis from 'above', from 'below', and from 'in between'; Metaphor analyses of knowledge dynamics. 3 'Struggle for existence': selection, retention and extinction of a metaphor Vignette; Functions and dysfunctions of metaphors in science; Kampf urns Dasein - popularization and contexts of usage; change of context: Weismann and the Krupp competition; The metadiscourse on 'struggle for existence'; 4 Of paradigms, shifts, and changes - the Kuhnian metaphor; Vignette; Thomas Kuhn's Structure - 'The right text at the right time'; The 'Kuhnianization' of the social sciences; Paving the way for postmodernism - the Kuhnian metaphor at work; Kuhn, bartenders, theologians, and ice-cream parlours 5 The order of meaning: the career of chaos as a metaphor Vignette; Introduction; The career of chaos as a metaphor; Chaos in contemporary social science discourses; Metaphor transfer - discursive order out of/within chaos?; 6 Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge; Struggle, Kuhn, and chaos: changing metaphors denoting change; Struggle, Kuhn, and chaos: how metaphors create something new; Dynamics of knowledge: from memes to metaphors; Notes; References; Author index; Subject index. Subjects; Semantics (Philosophy). Metaphor. Semantics (Philosophy). Knowledge, Sociology of. SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 430881
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