The Sociology of Philosophical Knowledge

by Martin Kusch

Book Overview

This volume brings together a number of authors that see themselves as contribu- tors to, or critical commentators on, a new field that has recently emerged within the sociology of knowledge. This new field is 'the Sociology of Philosophical Knowledge' (SPK). Studying philosophers and their knowledge from broadly sociological or political perspectives is not, of course, a recent phenomenon. Marxist writers have used such perspectives throughout the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048153905
• ISBN13: 9789048153909
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"