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Shaping Human Science Disciplines: Institutional Developments in Europe and Beyond Softcover Repri Edition
Contributor(s): Fleck, Christian (Editor), Duller, Matthias (Editor), Karády, Victor (Editor)
ISBN: 3030065154     ISBN-13: 9783030065157
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
OUR PRICE:   $132.99  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - General
- Science | History
- Philosophy | Movements - General
Dewey: 300.1
Series: Socio-Historical Studies of the Social and Human Sciences
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.09 lbs) 396 pages
 
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This book presents an analysis of the institutional development of selected social science and humanities (SSH) disciplines in Argentina, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Where most narratives of a scholarly past are presented as a succession of 'ideas, ' research results and theories, this collection highlights the structural shifts in the systems of higher education, as well as institutions of research and innovation (beyond the universities) within which these disciplines have developed. This institutional perspective will facilitate systematic comparisons between developments in various disciplines and countries. Across eight country studies the book reveals remarkably different dynamics of disciplinary growth between countries, as well as important interdisciplinary differences within countries. In addition, instances of institutional contractions and downturns and veritable breaks of continuity under authoritarian political regimes can be observed, which are almost totally absent from narratives of individual disciplinary histories. This important work will provide a valuable resource to scholars of disciplinary history, the history of ideas, the sociology of education and of scientific knowledge.