1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455499903321

Autore

Maasen Sabine <1960, >

Titolo

Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge / / Sabine Maasen and Peter Weingart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-62031-4

1-280-20248-3

0-203-45998-9

0-203-25466-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in social and political thought ; ; 26

Altri autori (Persone)

WeingartPeter

Disciplina

306.4/2

Soggetti

Semantics (Philosophy)

Metaphor

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-176) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Metaphors and the Dynamics of Knowledge; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge: preliminary thoughts; 1 Analysing knowledge dynamics, in general, and the role of metaphors, in particular; Observing the dynamics of 'ideas' in society; Changing the observatory: a systems-theoretical and discourse-analytical approach; 2 Metaphors as targets and tools in the analysis of knowledge dynamics; Troubling terms; Metaphor analysis from 'above', from 'below', and from 'in between'; Metaphor analyses of knowledge dynamics

3 'Struggle for existence': selection, retention and extinction of a metaphor Vignette; Functions and dysfunctions of metaphors in science; Kampf urns Dasein - popularization and contexts of usage; change of context: Weismann and the Krupp competition; The metadiscourse on 'struggle for existence'; 4 Of paradigms, shifts, and changes - the Kuhnian metaphor; Vignette; Thomas Kuhn's Structure - 'The right text at the right time'; The 'Kuhnianization' of the social sciences; Paving the way for postmodernism - the Kuhnian metaphor at



work; Kuhn, bartenders, theologians, and ice-cream parlours

5 The order of meaning: the career of chaos as a metaphor Vignette; Introduction; The career of chaos as a metaphor; Chaos in contemporary social science discourses; Metaphor transfer - discursive order out of/within chaos?; 6 Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge; Struggle, Kuhn, and chaos: changing metaphors denoting change; Struggle, Kuhn, and chaos: how metaphors create something new; Dynamics of knowledge: from memes to metaphors; Notes; References; Author index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

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, and the book dissects their role in the construction of theories of knowledge. It is of vital interest to social and cognitive scientists alike.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795979203321

Autore

Drache Daniel

Titolo

Has Populism Won? : The War on Liberal Democracy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : ECW Press, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

1-77852-056-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 pages)

Classificazione

cci1icc

Altri autori (Persone)

FroeseMarc D

Disciplina

320.56/62

Soggetti

Populism

World politics - 21st century

Populisme

Politique mondiale - 21e siècle

World politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover -- Praise -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figure and Tables -- Introduction: A Warning -- Part I: The Big Lie -- Chapter 1: Welcome to the Revolution -- Chapter 2: The Big Lie -- Chapter 3:



Charismatic Big Men and the Volk -- Part II: The Insurgency -- Chapter 4: The Sovereignty Project -- Chapter 5: The Post-Liberal Order -- Chapter 6: Pandemic Nationalism -- Chapter 7: Darkness at Noon -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Further Reading -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Authors -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

Has populism won? Two experts show us how and why this disturbing global political trend has taken root and what it will take to turn the tide.