Knowledge as Culture

The New Sociology of Knowledge

By: E. Doyle McCarthy

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Paperback | 26 September 1996 | Edition Number 1

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140 Pages

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Drawing upon Marxist, French structuralist and American pragmatist traditions, this lively and accessible introduction to the sociology of knowledge gives to its classic texts a fresh reading, arguing that various bodies of knowledge operate within culture to create powerful cultural dispositions, meanings, and categories. It looks at the cultural impact of the forms and images of mass media, the authority of science, medicine, and law as bodies of contemporary knowledge and practice. Finally, it considers the concept of "engendered knowledge" through a consideration of the complex and often troubled relationship between women and science.
The sociology of knowledge has sometimes been marginalized as a narrow academic specialization. This lucid study reclaims it as an essential tool for all serious students of culture in all its forms.

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"McCarthy's book emphasizes that increased awareness of diversity has altered the way we view the world." -" Dallas Morning News "Doyle McCarthy's book brings the sociology of knowledge into the 21st century.... [Her strategy of interpretation] enables her not only to update the sociology of knowledge, but also to enrich postmodern approaches to the study of knowledge, science, and culture. This is an important book.." -Richard Harvey Brown, University of Maryland, College Park "Doyle McCarthy's book is one of the few genuine contributions to the sociology of knowledge since the publication of Werner Stark's sociology of knowledge almost forty years ago.... In addition, it achieves the difficult task of showing the relevance of the sociology of knowledge to the burgeoning field of cultural studies.." -Stanley Aronowitz, Graduate Center of the City University of New York

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