Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge / / Sabine Maasen and Peter Weingart |
Autore | Maasen Sabine <1960, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/2 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WeingartPeter |
Collana | Routledge studies in social and political thought |
Soggetto topico |
Semantics (Philosophy)
Metaphor |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-134-62031-4
1-280-20248-3 0-203-45998-9 0-203-25466-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455499903321 |
Maasen Sabine <1960, >
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 | ||
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Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge / / Sabine Maasen and Peter Weingart |
Autore | Maasen Sabine <1960, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/2 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WeingartPeter |
Collana | Routledge studies in social and political thought |
Soggetto topico |
Semantics (Philosophy)
Metaphor |
ISBN |
1-134-62030-6
1-134-62031-4 1-280-20248-3 0-203-45998-9 0-203-25466-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779943803321 |
Maasen Sabine <1960, >
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge / / Sabine Maasen and Peter Weingart |
Autore | Maasen Sabine <1960, > |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/2 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WeingartPeter |
Collana | Routledge studies in social and political thought |
Soggetto topico |
Semantics (Philosophy)
Metaphor |
ISBN |
1-134-62030-6
1-134-62031-4 1-280-20248-3 0-203-45998-9 0-203-25466-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829297003321 |
Maasen Sabine <1960, >
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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