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Exercise and intervention: On the sociology of powerful knowledge
This article discusses John White's recent critique of the notion of 'powerful knowledge'. It is argued that White raises some salient points but overlooks the genesis of powerful knowledge as an idea and its debt to Durkheim and Bernstein.
J. Hordern
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Social cognition and the origin of concepts in Durkheim's sociology of knowledge
This paper re‐examines a key feature of Emile Durkheim's sociology of knowledge from a critical realist perspective. It is argued that Durkheim's attempt to establish a social basis for the categories in The Elementary Forms of Religious Life should be ...
Philip D. Walsh
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The fabric of Post-Western sociology: ecologies of knowledge beyond the “East” and the “West”
For several centuries, the history of the West has merged with the history of the world. The global economy of knowledge is structured around epistemic inequalities, hegemonies, and dominations.
Laurence Roulleau-Berger
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Narrative, discourse, and sociology of knowledge
The present contribution introduces the sociology of knowledge approach to discourse (SKAD) as a perspective for analyzing competing narratives (including counternarratives) in and across highly diverse social arenas.
R. Keller
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This article examines knowledge production in the sociology of music. Focusing on the idea of cool music, we interrogate the nature of music researchers' relationship with their object of research.
J. Haynes, Raphaël Nowak
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Widespread worship of the human body as well as new opportunities to preserve its attractiveness, shape social expectations about human corporality regardless of age.
Emilia Kramkowska
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Analysis of Effective Factors in Creating Creativity and Innovation in University Libraries from the Perspective of Tabriz University Librarians [PDF]
IntroductionOrganizations and social institutions should be innovative in order to avoid harmful changes in the environment. In educational institutions, such as universities, in which the head of the institution lacks funds, there are two columns ...
Faegheh Mohammadi, Rahim Pouri
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The Chicago Counter-Revolution and the Sociology of Economic Knowledge [PDF]
This chapter is concerned with the internal phenomenon. One model that can be invoked to explain this internal phenomenon is the classical process whereby evidence is patiently accumulated until the weight of the argument favours one side or another ...
Leeson, Robert
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There are a number of objectives that guide this work. First, we aimed to identify the general characteristics of Andalusian companies in terms their approach to social responsibility, particularly in the area of human resources and environmental impact.
María José González-Moreno +2 more
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Problems with innovation. The analysis of regional innovation systems in Poland
The article takes up the issue of evaluation of innovation policy implemented by the Polish authorities since 2000. The unit of the analysis is the regional innovation systems, implemented and funded in accordance with the directives and from EU sources.
Agnieszka Karpińska
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