This student textbook tackles the traditional problems of the sociology of knowledge from a new perspective. Drawing on recent developments in social theory, Tim Dant explores crucial questions such as the roles of power and knowledge, the status of rational knowledge, and the empirical analysis of knowledge.
This student textbook tackles the traditional problems of the sociology of knowledge from a new perspective. Drawing on recent developments in social ...
This student textbook tackles the traditional problems of the sociology of knowledge from a new perspective. Drawing on recent developments in social theory, Tim Dant explores crucial questions such as the roles of power and knowledge, the status of rational knowledge, and the empirical analysis of knowledge.
This student textbook tackles the traditional problems of the sociology of knowledge from a new perspective. Drawing on recent developments in social ...
The traditional approach to culture focuses on the symbolic meanings of objects rather than the impact that these objects have on contemporary life. Using the car as a recurring theme, Tim Dant challenges the well-established idea that consumption is the principal relationship with "things" in our lives and argues that it is through material interaction with the objects around us that we confront our society.
Drawing on, and debating with, historical, philosophical, and theoretical discourses that address materiality, this book is of interest to students and researchers in a variety of...
The traditional approach to culture focuses on the symbolic meanings of objects rather than the impact that these objects have on contemporary life...
