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A Social History of Knowledge II : From the Encyclopaedia to Wikipedia

by Peter Burke
A Social History of Knowledge II : From the Encyclopaedia to Wikipedia - Thryft
A Social History of Knowledge II : From the Encyclopaedia to Wikipedia - Thryft

Time-bound knowledge trends from Encyclopaedia to Wikipedia.

This book is a must-read for those interested in understanding the development of knowledge systems over time. It counters the popular narrative of knowledge growth by discussing losses and specialization. The book provides a geographic, sociological, and chronological overview of trends such as professionalization, secularization, nationalization, and democratization, revealing that each of these trends coexisted and interacted with their opposites. Peter Burke's writing is clear and accessible, making this book valuable across humanities and social sciences.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

A Social History of Knowledge II : From the Encyclopaedia to Wikipedia

by Peter Burke
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ISBN: 9780745650432
Authors: Peter Burke
Publisher: Polity
Date of Publication: 2012-01-17
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, History, Sociology, Philosophy
Related Topics: Education, World History, History, Education, History
Goodreads rating: 3.68
(rated by 74 readers)

Description

Peter Burke follows up his magisterial Social History of Knowledge , picking up where the first volume left off around 1750 at the publication of the French Encyclopédie and following the story through to Wikipedia. Like the previous volume, it offers a social history (or a retrospective sociology of knowledge) in the sense that it focuses not on individuals but on groups, institutions, collective practices and general trends. The book is divided into 3 parts. The first argues that activities which appear to be timeless - gathering knowledge, analysing, disseminating and employing it - are in fact time-bound and take different forms in different periods and places. The second part tries to counter the tendency to write a triumphalist history of the 'growth' of knowledge by discussing losses of knowledge and the price of specialization. The third part offers geographical, sociological and chronological overviews, contrasting the experience of centres and peripheries and arguing that each of the main trends of the period - professionalization, secularization, nationalization, democratization, etc, coexisted and interacted with its opposite. As ever, Peter Burke presents a breath-taking range of scholarship in prose of exemplary clarity and accessibility. This highly anticipated second volume will be essential reading across the humanities and social sciences.
 

Time-bound knowledge trends from Encyclopaedia to Wikipedia.

This book is a must-read for those interested in understanding the development of knowledge systems over time. It counters the popular narrative of knowledge growth by discussing losses and specialization. The book provides a geographic, sociological, and chronological overview of trends such as professionalization, secularization, nationalization, and democratization, revealing that each of these trends coexisted and interacted with their opposites. Peter Burke's writing is clear and accessible, making this book valuable across humanities and social sciences.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.