Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:A Social History Of Knowledge, Volume 2: From The Encyclopaedia To WikipediaISBN13:9780745650432ISBN10:0745650430Author:Burke, Peter (Author)Description:Peter Burke Follows Up His Magisterial Social History Of Knowledge, Picking Up Where The First Volume Left Off Around 1750 At The Publication Of The French Encyclop Die And Following The Story Through To Wikipedia Like The Previous Volume, It Offers A Social History (Or A Retrospective Sociology Of Knowledge) In The Sense That It Focuses Not On Individuals But On Groups, Institutions, Collective Practices And General Trends The Book Is Divided Into 3 Parts The First Argues That Activities Which Appear To Be Timeless - Gathering Knowledge, Analysing, Disseminating And Employing It - Are In Fact Time-Bound And Take Different Forms In Different Periods And Places The Second Part Tries To Counter The Tendency To Write A Triumphalist History Of The 'Growth' Of Knowledge By Discussing Losses Of Knowledge And The Price Of Specialization The Third Part Offers Geographical, Sociological And Chronological Overviews, Contrasting The Experience Of Centres And Peripheries And Arguing That Each Of The Main Trends Of The Period - Professionalization, Secularization, Nationalization, Democratization, Etc, Coexisted And Interacted With Its Opposite As Ever, Peter Burke Presents A Breath-Taking Range Of Scholarship In Prose Of Exemplary Clarity And Accessibility This Highly Anticipated Second Volume Will Be Essential Reading Across The Humanities And Social Sciences Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:POLITY PRPublication Date:2012-01-17Weight:1.23 lbsDimensions:1.1'' H x 8.9'' L x 5.9'' WNumber of Pages:359Language:English
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Book Title: A Social History Of Knowledge, Volume 2: From The Encyclopae...
Author: Burke, Peter (Author)
Language: English
