LEADER 03961nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910971160203321 005 20251116143310.0 010 $a1-134-62030-6 010 $a1-134-62031-4 010 $a1-280-20248-3 010 $a0-203-45998-9 010 $a0-203-25466-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203459980 035 $a(CKB)111056485540022 035 $a(EBL)166475 035 $a(OCoLC)52111231 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000201731 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168672 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000201731 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10246144 035 $a(PQKB)10855835 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC166475 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL166475 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10053864 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL20248 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485540022 100 $a20000504d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMetaphors and the dynamics of knowledge /$fSabine Maasen and Peter Weingart 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (197 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in social and political thought ;$v26 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-415-86275-2 311 08$a0-415-20802-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [161]-176) and indexes. 327 $aMetaphors 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 327 $a3 '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 327 $a5 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 330 $aThis book opens up a new route to the study of knowledge dynamics and the sociology of knowledge. The focus is on the role of metaphors as powerful catalysts, and the book dissects their role in the construction of theories of knowledge. It is of vital interest to social and cognitive scientists alike. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in social and political thought ;$v26. 606 $aSemantics (Philosophy) 606 $aMetaphor 615 0$aSemantics (Philosophy) 615 0$aMetaphor. 676 $a306.4/2 700 $aMaasen$b Sabine$f1960-$01736065 701 $aWeingart$b Peter$048382 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971160203321 996 $aMetaphors and the dynamics of knowledge$94482974 997 $aUNINA