Competing Knowledges - Wissen im Widerstreit
Whatever societies accept as ‘knowledge’ is embedded in epistemological, institutional, political, and economic power relations. How is knowledge produced under such circumstances? What is the difference between general knowledge and the sciences? Can there be science without universal truth claims?...
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| Format: | eBook |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2020
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| Series: | Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg
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| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Whatever societies accept as ‘knowledge’ is embedded in epistemological, institutional, political, and economic power relations. How is knowledge produced under such circumstances? What is the difference between general knowledge and the sciences? Can there be science without universal truth claims? Questions like these are discussed in eleven essays from the perspective of Sociology, Law, Cultural Studies, and the Humanities. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (220 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783110659658 |