Knowledge : is knowledge power? / by Marian Adolf and Nico Stehr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adolf, Marian, author.

Stehr, Nico, author.

Series:

Key ideas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Sociology of.

Physical Description:

xiii, 312 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

As we move through our modern world, the phenomenon we call knowledge is always involved. Whether we talk of know-how, technology, innovation, politics or education, it is the concept of knowledge that ties them all together. However, despite its ubiquity as a modern trope, we seldom encounter knowledge in itself. How is it produced, where docs it reside, and who owns it? Is knowledge always beneficial, will we know all there is to know at some point in the future, and does knowledge really equal power? This book pursues an original approach to this concept that seems to define so many aspects of modem societies. It explores the topic from a distinctly sociological perspective, and traces the many ways that knowledge is woven into the very fabric of modern society. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Classical sociological conceptions of knowledge 6

2 Knowledge about knowledge 10

2.1 Attributes of knowledge 11

2.2 Knowledge as a capacity to act 18

2.3 Knowledge and information 21

2.4 Practical knowledge 31

2.5 Additional knowledge 33

2.6 The uneven development of knowledge 38

2.7 The limits of the growth of knowledge 41

2.8 A sociological concept of knowledge and its context 42

3 The knowledge of the powerful 47

3.1 Knowledge is power and power is knowledge 48

3.2 The iron law of oligarchy 50

3.3 Knowledge/power 54

3.4 The global class 63

4 Non-knowledge 69

4.1 Sigmund Freud and Friedrich August von Hayek 70

4.2 Observing non-knowledge 72

4.3 Non-knowledge as a myth? 74

4.4 Lack of knowledge 79

4.5 Ignorance 82

4.6 The division of knowledge and information 88

4.7 Knowledge gaps 91

4.8 Non-knowledge about non-knowledge 93

5 Policing knowledge 100

5.1 The self-realization of knowledge 102

5.2 The self-protection of knowledge 106

5.3 Superfluous knowledge 111

6 Forms of knowledge 114

6.1 Everyday knowledge 115

6.2 The power of everyday knowledge 121

6.3 Indigenous or traditional knowledge 132

6.4 Tacit knowledge 136

7 Global knowledge 142

7.1 Basic reflections on global knowledge 143

7.2 Global knowledge worlds 146

7.3 Structures of global knowledge spaces 150

7.4 Forms of global, knowledge worlds 152

7.5 Attributes of knowledge that promote globalization 156

7.6 Limits to the globalization of knowledge 157

7.7 The project of worldwide worlds of knowledge, and the doubts about its likelihood 164

8 Digital worlds and knowledge/information 175

8.1 Information, communication and technology 176

8.2 Societal communication and shared knowledge 177

8.3 Analyzing the ubiquity of media: mediatization 178

8.4 New media, old media and the hybrid media system 180

8.5 ICTs, surveillance and knowledge 181

8.6 Communication, media and knowledge 185

9 Functions of knowledge 188

9.1 Knowledge as power and authority 190

9.2 The power of ideas 191

9.3 Knowledge and the economy 196

9.4 Knowledge as property and public good 199

10 The price of knowledge 207

10.1 Human capital 210

10.2 Symbolic and knowledge capital 214

10.3 Patents 219

10.4 Taxation 227

11 The benefits of knowledge 237

11.1 The distribution of knowledge 240

11.2 Knowledge, power and participation 245

11.3 Knowledge societies 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138685673

1138685674

9781138685680

1138685682

OCLC:

960088430