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THE SOCIAL RELATIONS OF PHYSICS, MYSTICISM AND MATHEMATICS
STUDIES IN SOCIAL STRUCTURE, INTERESTS AND IDEAS |
| By: |
Sal Restivo |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£149.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
902771536X |
| ISBN 13: |
9789027715364 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER |
| Series: |
Episteme v. 10 |
| Pages: |
310 |
| Synopsis: |
The problems I address in this book are among the least studied in the soci- ology of science and knowledge. Part I is a critique of the claim that there are parallels between ancient mysticism and modern physics, and a sociological analysis of this claim as a strategy in intellectual conflict. This study must. ultimately be rooted more firmly in a: type of sociology of knowledge that is just now beginning to crystallize (and which I discuss in Chapter 7), and a sociology of religion that is not so much unknown as underground, and timid, that is, a non-worshipful materialist sociology of religion. My study of physics-mysticism parallelism is a vehicle for exploring epistemic strategies. I thus conclude Part I by sketching a materialist, emancipatory epistemic strategy. My conclusion brings together a number of ideas formulated by myself and others over the past several years, but stops short of a systematic synthesis. A more integrated and coherent "model" than what I can sketch here must wait on the results of research now in progress in the critical (as opposed to apologetic or worshipful) sociology of knowledge. |
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biography |
| Publication: |
Netherlands |
| Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic Publishers |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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