History and Theory of Knowledge Production : An Introductory Outline

Rajan Gurukkal

ISBN 10: 0199490368 / ISBN 13: 9780199490363

Published by Hurst & Co. Mai 2019, 2019

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Neuware - This book seeks to provide an introductory outline of the history and theory of knowledge production, notwithstanding the vastness of the subject. It is a brief history of intellectual formation or history of ideas. One can see it as a textbook of historical epistemology, which in spatio-temporal terms historicizes knowledge production and contextualizes methodological development. It addresses the historical process of the social constitution of knowledge, that is, the social history of the making of knowledge. Its objective is to make researchers knowledgeable about the significant elements that underlie the history of knowledge. These elements constitute contemporary compulsions that make and shape knowledge. Understanding what they mean and how they work is essential to prepare researchers as self-consciously realistic about the socio-economic and cultural process of knowledge production. What forces engender knowledge How certain forms of it acquire precedence over the rest and why --These are some of the questions examined. Who decides what knowledge means or what should be recognised as knowledge becomes important here. The discussion of knowledge systems is categorized under broad heads, namely the non-European--specifically the Indian--and the European. Examining the process of the rise of science and new science, the book also reviews speculative thoughts and imagination about the dynamics of subatomic micro universe as well as the mechanics of the galactic macro universe.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: History and Theory of Knowledge Production : An Introductory Outline
• Publisher: Hurst & Co. Mai 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199490368
• ISBN 13: 9780199490363
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 150H x 25D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 499 grams

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Synopsis

This book seeks to provide an introductory outline of the history and theory of knowledge production, notwithstanding the vastness of the subject. It is a brief history of intellectual formation or history of ideas. One can see it as a textbook of historical epistemology, which in spatio-temporal terms historicizes knowledge production and contextualizes methodological development. It addresses the historical process of the social constitution of knowledge, that is, the social history of the making of knowledge.
Its objective is to make researchers knowledgeable about the significant elements that underlie the history of knowledge. These elements constitute contemporary compulsions that make and shape knowledge. Understanding what they mean and how they work is essential to prepare researchers as self-consciously realistic about the socio-economic and cultural process of knowledge production. What forces engender knowledge? How certain forms of it acquire precedence over the rest and why?--These are some of the questions examined. Who decides what knowledge means or what should be recognised as knowledge becomes important here. The discussion of knowledge systems is categorized under broad heads, namely the non-European--specifically the Indian--and the European. Examining the process of the rise of science and new science, the book also reviews speculative thoughts and imagination about the dynamics of subatomic micro universe as well as the mechanics of the galactic macro universe.

About the Author

Rajan Gurukkal, Vice Chairman, Kerala State Higher Education Council, Science and Technology Museum, Vikas Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Rajan Gurukkal is Vice Chairman, Kerala State Higher Education Council, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He was former Professor and Director, School of Social Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. His previous works include Rethinking Classical Indo-Roman Trade (OUP, 2016) which won the Braj Dev Prasad Memorial Prize for Book on Ancient India.