| The Sociology of Intellectual Life: The Career of the Mind in and Around Academy Contributor(s): Fuller, Steve (Author) |
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ISBN: 1412928389 ISBN-13: 9781412928380 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $165.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: This book outlines a social theory of knowledge for the 21st century. With characteristic subtlety and verve, Steve Fuller deals directly with a world in which it is no longer taken for granted that universities and academics are the best places and people to embody the life of the mind. While Fuller defends academic privilege, he takes very seriously the historic divergences between academics and intellectuals, attending especially to the different features of knowledge production that they value. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306.42 |
| LCCN: 2008943694 |
| Series: Theory, Culture & Society (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.95 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book outlines a social theory of knowledge for the 21st century. With characteristic subtlety and verve, Steve Fuller deals directly with a world in which it is no longer taken for granted that universities and academics are the best places and people to embody the life of the mind. While Fuller defends academic privilege, he takes very seriously the historic divergences between academics and intellectuals, attending especially to the different features of knowledge production that they value. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fuller, Steve: - Steve Fuller is a Professor of Sociology at Warwick University. Other titles of his include The New Sociological Imagination (SAGE, 2006), and popular The Intellectual (Icon Books, 2006). |