03947oam 2200673I 450 991045549990332120200520144314.01-134-62031-41-280-20248-30-203-45998-90-203-25466-X10.4324/9780203459980 (CKB)111056485540022(EBL)166475(OCoLC)52111231(SSID)ssj0000201731(PQKBManifestationID)11168672(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000201731(PQKBWorkID)10246144(PQKB)10855835(MiAaPQ)EBC166475(Au-PeEL)EBL166475(CaPaEBR)ebr10053864(CaONFJC)MIL20248(EXLCZ)9911105648554002220180331d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMetaphors and the dynamics of knowledge /Sabine Maasen and Peter WeingartLondon ;New York :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (197 p.)Routledge studies in social and political thought ;26Description based upon print version of record.0-415-86275-2 0-415-20802-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-176) and indexes.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 dynamics3 '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 parlours5 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 indexThis 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.Routledge studies in social and political thought ;26.Semantics (Philosophy)MetaphorElectronic books.Semantics (Philosophy)Metaphor.306.4/2Maasen Sabine1960,908395Weingart Peter48382MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455499903321Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge2031656UNINA