| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 185 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 26
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Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 26.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-176) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge: preliminary thoughts; Analysing knowledge dynamics, in general, and the role of metaphors, in particular; Metaphors as targets and tools in the analysis of knowledge dynamics; 'Struggle for existence': selection, retention and extinction of a metaphor; Of paradigms, shifts, and changes; the Kuhnian metaphor; The order of meaning: the career of chaos as a metaphor; Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge; Notes; References; Author index; Subject index. |
| Summary |
This book opens up a new route to the study of knowledge dynamics and the sociology of knowledge. The focus is on the role of metaphors as powerful catalysts. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Semantics (Philosophy)
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Semantics (Philosophy) |
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Metaphor.
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Metaphor. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Weingart, Peter.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Maasen, Sabine, 1960- Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000 0415208025 (DLC) 00034468 (OCoLC)44162448 |
| ISBN |
020325466X (electronic book) |
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9780203254660 (electronic book) |
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9780203459980 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0203459989 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780415208024 |
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0415208025 |
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