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UNINA9910455499903321 |
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Maasen Sabine <1960, > |
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Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge / / Sabine Maasen and Peter Weingart |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 |
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1-134-62031-4 |
1-280-20248-3 |
0-203-45998-9 |
0-203-25466-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (197 p.) |
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Routledge studies in social and political thought ; ; 26 |
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Semantics (Philosophy) |
Metaphor |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-176) and indexes. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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UNINA9910795979203321 |
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Autore |
Drache Daniel |
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Titolo |
Has Populism Won? : The War on Liberal Democracy |
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Toronto : , : ECW Press, , 2022 |
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©2022 |
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1 online resource (258 pages) |
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Populism |
World politics - 21st century |
Populisme |
Politique mondiale - 21e siècle |
World politics |
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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: |
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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. |
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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. |
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