The social role of the man of knowledge

Author(s)

• Znaniecki, Florian
• Coser, Lewis A.

Bibliographic Information

The social role of the man of knowledge

Florian Znaniecki ; with a new introduction by Lewis A. Coser

（Social science classics series）

Transaction Books, 1986

• : pbk

Note

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1968

Bibliography: p. xxi-xxiii

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this seminal contribution to the sociology of knowledge, first published in 1940, Florian Znaniecki develops a typology of the variety of specific social roles that scholars have played, and investigates the normative patterns that govern their behavior. A central tool for the investigation of these problems is the notion of "social circle", the audience to which intellectuals address themselves. Znaniecki shows that thinkers do not speak to the total society but address selected segments and markets. Specific social circles bestow recognition, provide material or psychic support, and help shape the self-image of the thinker.

Table of Contents

Introduction, I. Sociology and Theory of Knowledge, II. Technologists and Sages, III. Schools and Scholars as Bearers of Absolute Truth, IV. The Explorer as Creator of New Knowledge, Index

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Details

• NCID: BA00653799
• ISBN:
  • 0887386423
• LCCN: 85024586
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New Brunswick [N.J.] U.S.A.
• Pages/Volumes: xxiii, 212 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HM213
  • DC19 : 301
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Learning and scholarship
  • LCSH : Sociology
  • LCSH : Social psychology
  • LCSH : Knowledge, Sociology of
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00265461