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Knowledge as Culture: The New Sociology of Knowledge Book

Drawing upon Marxist, French structuralist and American pragmatist traditions, this lively and accessible introduction to the sociology of knowledge gives to its classic texts a fresh reading, arguing that various bodies of knowledge operate within culture to create powerful cultural dispositions, meanings, and categories. It looks at the cultural impact of the forms and images of mass media, the authority of science, medicine, and law as bodies of contemporary knowledge and practice. Finally, it considers the concept of "engendered knowledge" through a consideration of the complex and often troubled relationship between women and science.Read More

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  • 041506497X
  • 9780415064972
  • E. Doyle McCarthy
  • 26 September 1996
  • Routledge
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 144
  • 1
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