The social misconstruction of reality : validity and verification in the scholarly community /

In this provocative book Richard F. Hamilton examines the social determinants of knowledge, focusing on three well-accepted but erroneous social theories and looking closely at the ways social misconstructions originate and thrive. Hamilton finds that despite critiques by historians, some scholars c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hamilton, Richard F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1996]
Temas:
Historiography > Case studies.
Knowledge, Sociology of > Case studies.
Historiographie > Cas, Études de.
Sociologie de la connaissance > Cas, Études de.
Sociologie de la connaissance > Études de cas.
HISTORY > Historiography.
Historiography.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Wissenssoziologie
Soziologische Theorie
Misvattingen.
Acceptatie.
Geschiedschrijving.
Wetenschapsbeoefenaars.
Historiographie > Etude de cas.
Sociologie de la connaissance > Etude de cas.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • On social misconstructions
  • Mozart's poverty, Wellington's epigram
  • Max Weber and the Protestant ethic
  • Hitler's electoral support
  • The lower-middle-class thesis
  • Michel Foucault : the disciplinary society
  • Some problems of intellectual life
  • Social misconstruction, validity, and verification.

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