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Involvement and Detachment

Categorie	Filosofie
Boeknummer	#351767-ZB17
Titel	Involvement and Detachment
Auteur	Elias, Norbert
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Oxford : Basil Blackwell
Jaar van uitgave	1987
ISBN10	0631126821
ISBN13	9780631126829
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Involvement and Detachment is much more than a discussion of 'objectivity' in the social sciences. It is Elias' major exposition of his sociological theory of the growth of knowledge and the sciences as an aspect of overall human social development. The essay 'The fishermen in the maelstrom' takes its title from a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, and is used to illustrate how fears have to be overcome in order for 'reality-adequate' knowledge - necessary to tackle the dangers from which the fears arise - to accumulate. Discussions of rising dangers in international relations show how far the theory of civilising process is from being a model of unilinear 'progress'. Two fragments on 'The great evolution' discuss the long-term development of the various levels of scientific knowledge - physi... (Lees verder)cal, biological and social. Originally written in English, it includes various passages omitted from the previous edition.
Pagina's	185
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 25,00

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