Knowledge for whom?: public sociology in the making

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This ground-breaking volume is a follow-up to 'Intellectuals and Their Publics'. In contrast to the earlier book, which was mainly concerned with the activity of intellectuals and how it relates to the public, this volume analyses what happens when sociology and sociologists engage with or serve various publics.

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Full title :Knowledge for whom? : public sociology in the making / by Christian Fleck and Andreas Hess.

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Publication Date:2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Ashgate
Place of Publication:Farnham, Surrey
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

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Description:1 online resource (x, 329 pages) : : illustrations.

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ISBN:9781409434597, 1409434591, 1472401913, 9781472401915
oclc:ocn864681006
LC Classification:HM435
Dewey Decimal:301

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Introduction: Public Sociology in the Making; Part I: Public Intellectuals and their Afterlives; 1 Biography in the Social Sciences: The Case of Marcel Mauss; 2 Making Sense of Individual Creativity; 3 Scholarly Publishing Projects in the Great Depression; 4 Psychology and Sociology in the Late 19th Century French Intellectual Field; 5 From Communicative Memory to Non-History -- Czech and Polish Narratives of Sociology's Past; Part II: Serving the Public or Serving the State?

6 Research For Whom?: Changing Conceptions of Disciplinarity in the American University7 The Making of "Excellence" in the European Research Area: How Research Funding Organizations Work; 8 Using Scientific Knowledge in Policy Making: The Importance of Organizational Culture; 9 Public Sociology in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore; 10 A Chapter in the History of Brazilian Sociology; Part III: Intellectuals and Their Audiences; 11 Blurring the Boundary Line: The Origins and Fate of Robert Bellah's Symbolic Realism; 12 How Spaces of Opinion Shape Public Intellectuals.

13 The Role of Public Intellectual in the Role-Set of Academics14 Critics as C…