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Science of Science and Reflexivity
Pierre Bourdieu
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Paperback. * Pierre Bourdieu is one of the world's leading sociologists whose work has become increasingly influential throughout the social sciences and humanities. * A clear and accessible introduction to Bourdieu's views on science and scientific knowledge. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218.
One of the world’s leading social thinkers, Bourdieu’s work has become increasingly influential throughout the social sciences and humanities. In this new book he embarks on a sociological analysis of science and its legitimacy.
One of the world’s leading social thinkers, Bourdieu’s work has become increasingly influential throughout the social sciences and humanities. In this new book he embarks on a sociological analysis of science and its legitimacy.
Bourdieu argues that that emergence of the social sciences has had the effect of calling in to question the objectivity and validity of scientific activity, by relating it to its historic conditions. It is this relativistic and at times nihilistic interpretation of science that Bourdieu sets out to challenge, in an attempt to combine an accurate vision of the scientific arena with ... Read more
This is a clear and accessible introduction to Bourdieu’s views on science that will appeal to students of sociology, philosophy and the social sciences.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745630601
SKU
V9780745630601
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About Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu was Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France.
Reviews for Science of Science and Reflexivity
'Bourdieu's ideas are more accessible in his lectures and interviews, and this book, consisting as it does of the final lecture course given by the author at the College de France, is relatively easy going. It is made livelier still by the asides inserted by the author whilst preparing the lectures for publication - they serve, rather like Goffman's footnotes, ... Read more