Problems of a sociology of knowledge / / Max Scheler ; translated by Manfred S. Fring

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808545303321
• Autore: Scheler Max <1874-1928.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Routledge, 2012; London : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-136-23300-8; 0-203-10093-X; 1-283-84163-0; 1-136-23301-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Collana: Routledge revivals
• Disciplina: 306.4; 306.42; 306/.4
• Soggetti: Knowledge, Sociology of; Social epistemology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1980 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.; Translation of Probleme einer Soziologie des Wissens, which originally appeared as the introduction to the anthology Versuche zu einer Soziologie des Wissens, edited by the author.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-220) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Problems of a Sociology of Knowledge; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Translator's note; Introduction by Kenneth W. Stikkers; Part one The essence and concept of a sociology of culture; 1 Cultural sociology: sociology of real factors, and the hierarchical laws governing the effectiveness of ideal and real factors; Part two Sociology of knowledge; 2 Formal problems; The first axioms of the sociology of knowledge; The first types of knowledge; 3 Material problems; Concerning the sociology of religion; Concerning the sociology of metaphysics; Concerning the sociology of positive science: science and technology, economyConcerning a synthesis of Western and Asian technologies(cultures of knowledge) and a revival of metaphysics; The development of knowledge and politics; The development of knowledge and foreign ; policy; The development of knowledge and domestic politics ('logic of classes': 'sociological theory of idols'); The World War and the sociological structure of knowledge in Europe: specific European problems; Notes; Name index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: First Published in 1980, Manfred S. Frings' translation of Problems of a Sociology of Knowledge makes available Max Scheler's important work in sociological theory to the English-speaking world. The book presents the thinker's views on man's condition in the twentieth-century and places it in a broader context of human history. This book highlights Scheler as a visionary thinker of great intellectual strength who defied the pessimism that many of his peers could not avoid. He comments on the isolated, fragmented nature of man's existence in society in the twentieth century b