| Toward a Social History of Knowledge: Collected Essays Contributor(s): Ringer, Fritz (Author) |
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ISBN: 1571812318 ISBN-13: 9781571812315 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History - History | Modern - General - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 306.42 |
| LCCN: 99045501 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.95 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the foremost historians of intellectual life and education in Germany, Fritz Ringer has brought together in this volume several of his articles, most of which are not easily available are published here in English for the first time. They focus on a whole range of contemporary and historical debates about the relationship between ideas and their context, the role of education and middle-class consciousness, the social role of academics and intellectuals, and competing ideals of learning, science, and history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ringer, Fritz: - Fritz Ringer+ taught at Harvard, Indiana, and Boston Universities and was Mellon University Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh. |