Sociology of Knowledge Books

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1. The Routledge Companion to Education

   Edited by James Arthur, Andrew Peterson

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-58347-3 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Moral Education in sub-Saharan Africa: Culture, Economics, Conflict and AIDS

   Edited by Sharlene Swartz, Monica Taylor

   The term ‘moral’ has had a chequered history in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly due to the legacy of colonialism and Apartheid (in South Africa). In contrast to moral education as a vehicle of cultural imperialism and social control, this volume shows moral education to be concerned with both private...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-61340-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Eurocentrism: A Critical Realist and Marxian Critique of Civil Society

   By Nick Hostettler

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-56510-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Hesitancy and Experimentation in Enlightenment Spain and Spanish America

   Edited by Ann L Mackenzie, Jeremy Robbins

   Published in memory of Ivy L. McClelland, a pioneer-scholar of Spain’s eighteenth century, this volume of original essays contains, besides an Introduction to her career and internationally influential writings, three previously unpublished essays by McClelland and nine studies by other scholars,...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-60364-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Routledge Library Editions: Weber

   Max Weber (1894-1920) is generally recognized as one of the founding fathers of modern sociology. This collection pays homage to his continuing influence, not just within sociology, but also political theory, science and religion. The books carefully chosen for this collection provide an...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-60778-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. The Limits of Rationality

   In The Limits of Rationality Rogers Brubaker explores the intimate and ambiguous interplay between Max Weber's empirical work and his moral vision, between his historical and sociological analysis of the 'specific and peculiar rationalism' of modern Western civilization and his deeply ambivalent...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-60779-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. Max Weber and His Contempories

   Max Weber and His Contemporaries provides an unrivalled tour d'horizon of European intellectual life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and an assessment of the pivotal position within it occupied by Max Weber. Weber's many interests in and contributions to, such diverse fields as...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-60781-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Intellectuals and Politics (Routledge Revivals)

   By Robert Brym

   This essay, first published in 1980, analyses the relationship between intellectuals’ social locations and their political orientations. Dr Brym provides a critical discussion of the various sociological views of intellectuals and specifies some of the social conditions which encourage...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-59009-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Knowledge, Ideology & Discourse (Routledge Revivals): A Sociological Perspective

   By Tim Dant

   This student textbook, originally published in 1991, 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...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-61582-2 | Paperback (Routledge)

10. Practice-based Evidence for Healthcare: Clinical mindlines

    By John Gabbay, Andrée le May

    This book challenges the evidence-based practice movement to re-think its assumptions. Firmly rooted in real practice while drawing lucidly on a great breadth of theoretical frameworks, it examines afresh how clinicians use knowledge. Evidence-based practice has recently become a key part of the...

    November 2010 | 978-0-415-48669-9 | Paperback (Routledge)