| Metaphor and the Dynamics of Knowledge Contributor(s): Maasen, Sabine (Author), Weingart, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415208025 ISBN-13: 9780415208024 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: 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 and will therefore be of vital interest to social and cognitive scientists alike. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Logic - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306.42 |
| LCCN: 00-34468 |
| Lexile Measure: 1440 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.00 lbs) 196 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |