This 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.
| ISBN: | 9780415862752 |
| Publication date: | 16th December 2013 |
| Author: | Sabine Maasen, Peter Weingart |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought |
| Genres: |
Sociolinguistics Social and cultural anthropology Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics |