Sabine Maasen, Peter Weingart

Metaphor and the Dynamics of Knowledge

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780415208024
• ISBN-10: 0415208025
• Artikelnr.: 21007172

Autorenporträt

Maasen, Sabine; Weingart, Peter

Inhaltsangabe

Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge: preliminary thoughts. 1. Analysing knowledge dynamics
in general
and the role of metaphors
in particular 2. Metaphors as targets and tools in the analysis of knowledge dynamics 3. 'Struggle for existence': selection
retention and extinction of a metaphor 4. Of paradigms
shifts
and changes - the Kuhnian metaphor 5. The order of meaning: the career of chaos as a metaphor 6. Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge