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1	The social construction of reality: a treatise in the sociology of knowledge more books like this by Peter L Berger, Prof. Thomas Luckmann add to wishlist This book reformulates the sociological subdiscipline known as the sociology of knowledge. Knowledge is presented as more than ideology, including as well false consciousness, propaganda, science and art. .".. A major breakthrough in the sociology of knowledge." -- "American Sociological Review." see all copies from $4.00! new only from $8.66! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Fire from Within more books like this by Carlos Castaneda add to wishlist IN see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.80! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Power of Silence more books like this by Carlos Castaneda add to wishlist Carlos Castenada's apprenticeship to Don Juan Matus continues as he learns lessons in mastering behavior. see all copies from $2.49! new only from $9.00! \| SVS
4	The Order of Things: Hierarchies, Structures, and Pecking Orders more books like this by Barbara Ann Kipfer, Ph.D. add to wishlist "The Order of Things" collects and organizes the world into succinct, easy-to-read lists of sets and subsets, such as atmospheric layers, climate zones, Jupiter's satellites, Dante's levels of Hell, the Braille alphabet, U.S. Army and Navy rankings, and even what all those numbers mean at the bottom of bank checks. It's both a quick reference and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.20! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Ideology and Utopia : an introduction to the sociology of knowledge more books like this by Karl Mannheim add to wishlist Mannheim, a pioneer in the field of SOCIOLOGY (740), here analyzes the ideologies that are used to stabilize a social order and the wish-dreams that are employed when any transformation of that same order is attempted. Translated and with a Foreword by Louis Wirth and Edward Shils; Preface by Wirth; Indices. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.07! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Social Construction of What? more books like this by Ian Hacking add to wishlist Often lost in the debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what is being constructed. Particularly troublesome in this area is the status of the natural sciences, where there is conflict between biological and social approaches to mental illness, and in other areas. Ian Hacking looks at the issue of child abuse, and ... see all copies from $18.43! new only from $18.43! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Making Sense: Essays on Art, Science, and Culture more books like this by Rebecca Brittenham, Scott Campbell, Stephanie Girard add to wishlist This cross-disciplinary reader gives students the opportunity to read and write about significant issues across the arts and sciences and to explore how knowledge is constructed and communicated. Thirty-eight contemporary essays are preceded by introductory chapters on writing and reading and are followed by assignment sequences that juxtapose ... see all copies from $14.43! new only from $50.00!
8	Rethinking Expertise more books like this by Harry Collins, Robert Evans add to wishlist What does it mean to be an expert? In "Rethinking Expertise", Harry Collins and Robert Evans offer a radical new perspective on the role of expertise in the practice of science and the public evaluation of technology. Collins and Evans present a Periodic Table of Expertises based on the idea of tacit knowledge - knowledge that we have but cannot ... see all copies from $16.63! new only from $16.63! \| SVS
9	Archaeology of Knowledge more books like this by Michel Foucault add to wishlist In France, a country that awards its intellectuals the status other countries give their rock stars, Michel Foucault was part of a glittering generation of thinkers, one which also included Sartre, de Beauvoir and Deleuze. One of the great intellectual heroes of the twentieth century, Foucault was a man whose passion and reason were at the ... see all copies from $6.68! new only from $17.54! \| first editions
10	The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change more books like this by Dr. Randall Collins add to wishlist Distinguished by both the American Sociological Association (1999) and the Association of American Publishers (1998), Collins comparative study of intellectual development within cultures and the development of ideas across cultures sheds new light on the history of philosophy. see all copies from $18.46! new only from $25.75! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact more books like this by Ludwik Fleck add to wishlist Originally published in German in 1935, this monograph anticipated solutions to problems of scientific progress, the truth of scientific fact and the role of error in science now associated with the work of Thomas Kuhn and others. Arguing that every scientific concept and theory--including his own--is culturally conditioned, Fleck was appreciably ... see all copies from $11.83! new only from $19.64!
12 view cover	An Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government, and Other Goliaths more books like this by Glenn Reynolds add to wishlist There was a time in the not-too-distant past when large companies and powerful governments reigned supreme over the little guy. But new technologies are empowering individuals like never before, and the Davids of the world - the amateur journalists, musicians, and small businessmen and women - are suddenly making a huge economic and social impact. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.21! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences more books like this by Geoffrey C Bowker, Susan Leigh Star add to wishlist What do a 17th-century mortality table (whose causes of death include "fainted in a bath", "frighted" and "itch"); the identification of South Africans during apartheid as European, Asian, coloured or black; and the separation of machine- from hand-washables have in common? All are examples of classification - the scaffolding of information ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $20.21! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction more books like this by Prof. Kenneth J Gergen add to wishlist Western culture has traditionally celebrated the individual mind as the locus of reason and, thus, of knowledge. According to Gergen, however, Descartes's famous dictum, "I think, therefore I am", should more properly be "I communicate, therefore I am". The process of doubt equates not with reason but with language, and meaningful language is less ... see all copies from $13.12! new only from $26.90! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Social Mindscapes: An Invitation to Cognitive Sociology more books like this by Eviatar Zerubavel add to wishlist Why do we eat sardines, but never goldfish; ducks, but never parrots? Why does adding cheese make a hamburger a cheeseburger whereas adding ketchup does not make it a ketchupburger? By the same token, how do we determine which things said at a meeting should be included in the minutes and which ought to be considered off the record and officially ... see all copies from $9.45! new only from $23.49! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge more books like this by Michael Suk-Young Chwe add to wishlist Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why does repetition characterize anthems and ritual speech? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution? This book answers these questions using a single concept: common ... see all copies from $9.55! new only from $14.85! \| SVS
17 view cover	Science and Social Work: A Critical Appraisal more books like this by Stuart A Kirk, Professor William James Reid add to wishlist -- Social Work Today see all copies from $15.21! new only from $26.50! \| SVS
18 view cover	Childbirth & Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspec more books like this by Robbie E Davis-Floyd (Editor), Carolyn F Sargent (Editor) add to wishlist This collection of cross-cultural essays on reproduction and childbirth extends the work of Brigitte Jordan, who helped generate and define the field of the anthropology of birth. The authors' focus on authoritative knowledge - the knowledge that counts, on the basis of which decisions are made and actions taken - highlights the vast differences ... see all copies from $11.67! new only from $35.94! \| SVS
19 view cover	On Collective Memory more books like this by Maurice Halbwachs, Lewis A Coser (Editor) add to wishlist How do we use our mental images of the present to reconstruct our past? Maurice Halbwachs (1877-1945) addressed this question for the first time in his work on collective memory, which established him as a major figure in the history of sociology. This volume, the first comprehensive English- language translation of Halbwach's writings on the ... see all copies from $15.04! new only from $16.99! \| SVS
20	Truth Beyond Relativism: Karl Mannheim's Sociology of Knowledge more books like this by Gregory Baum add to wishlist see all copies from $3.45! new only from $18.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Evolutionary Epistemology, Rationality, and the Sociology of Knowledge more books like this by Gerard Radnitzky (Editor), Karl Popper (Contributions by), W W Bartley, III (Editor) add to wishlist This collection of essays in support of the theory of evolutionary epistemology includes articles by Karl Popper, Peter Munz and Gerhard Vollmer. This volume attempts to show how an evolutionary and non-justificational approach affects the sociology of knowledge. see all copies from $9.60! new only from $46.28! \| SVS
22	Philosophy as Social Expression more books like this by Albert William Levi add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
23 view cover	Law's Dream of a Common Knowledge more books like this by Mariana Valverde add to wishlist If knowledge is power, then the power of law can be studied through the lens of knowledge. This book opens up a substantive new area of legal research - knowledge production - and presents a series of case studies showing that the hybridity and eclecticism of legal knowledge processes make it unfruitful to ask questions such as, ??i??Is law ... see all copies from $15.05! new only from $15.05!
24 view cover	Knowledge and Social Imagery more books like this by David Bloor add to wishlist The first edition of this book profoundly challenged and divided students of philosophy, sociology, and the history of science when it was published in 1976. In this second edition, Bloor responds in a substantial new Afterword to the heated debates engendered by his book. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.28! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Sociology of Knowledge: An Essay in Aid of a Deeper Understanding of the History of Ideas more books like this by Werner Stark add to wishlist see all copies from $9.00! new only from $79.95! \| first editions

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