| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 192 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Sage studies in international sociology ; 56
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Sage studies in international sociology ; 56.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Knowledge, communication, reflexive creativity and social change / Arnaud Sales, Marcel Fournier, Yan Senechal -- Knowledge and social change in contemporary societies: Modern societies as knowledge societies / Nico Stehr. Knowledge and societal change : institutional coordination and the evolution of organizational populations / Jerald Hage -- New information technologies and communication, communities and public sphere: Mobilities, networks and communities / John Urry. Informational technology and the international public sphere / Craig Calhoun. Creativity in an Orwellian key : a sceptic's guide to the post-sociological imaginary / Steve Fuller -- Creativity and communication in the production of knowledge: Between science and rhetoric : a recurrent debate on the role of communication and creativity in the definition of knowledge / Philippe Breton. High cognitive complexity and the making of major scientific discoveries / J. Rogers Hollingsworth. The creativity of intellectual networks and the struggle over attention space / Randall Collins. Evaluating creative minds : the assessment of originality in peer review / Michele Lamont [and others]. |
| Summary |
The book is a theoretically rich and sophisticated contribution to the development of knowledge society studies and to the analysis of the many puzzles of intellectual innovation. It will surely become a sourcebook for anyone interested in creativity and knowledge production' - Karin Knorr Cetina, University of Chicago and University of Konstanz. 'Gathers together some of the most interesting social-scientific thinking currently underway in Europe and North America? presents sociology in its most engaging and contemporary form' - Canadian Journal of Sociology. Knowledge, communication and crea. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Knowledge, Sociology of.
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Knowledge, Sociology of. |
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Creative ability.
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Creative ability. |
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Telecommunication -- Social aspects.
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Telecommunication -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Sales, Arnaud.
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Fournier, Marcel, 1945-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Knowledge, communication and creativity. London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications, 2007 9780761943068 0761943064 (DLC) 2006928579 (OCoLC)77796633 |
| ISBN |
9781848607590 (electronic book) |
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1848607598 (electronic book) |
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9781446215548 (ebook) |
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1446215547 (ebook) |
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9780761943068 |
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0761943064 |
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