Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge / Sabine Maasen and Peter Weingart.

By:

Maasen, Sabine, 1960-

Contributor(s):

Weingart, Peter

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 26.Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 185 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

020325466X
9780203254660
9780203459980
0203459989
9780415208024
0415208025
9786610202485
6610202486
9781134620319
1134620314
9781134620265
1134620268
9781134620302
1134620306
9780415862752
0415862752

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge.DDC classification:

306.4/2 21

LOC classification:

B840 .M23 2000eb

Other classification:

H030

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Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge: preliminary thoughts; Analysing knowledge dynamics, in general, and the role of metaphors, in particular; Metaphors as targets and tools in the analysis of knowledge dynamics; 'Struggle for existence': selection, retention and extinction of a metaphor; Of paradigms, shifts, and changes; the Kuhnian metaphor; The order of meaning: the career of chaos as a metaphor; Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge; Notes; References; Author index; Subject index.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-176) and indexes.

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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.

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