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academic recognition
American pragmatic philosophy
audience segmentation theory
Author_Florian Znaniecki
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Common Sense Knowledge
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Explicable Exceptions
Formal Logical Method
Holy Truths
Humanistic Coefficient
Independent Inventors
Inductive Solutions
Inductive Theorist
intellectual authority
knowledge production dynamics
Natural Technologist
Objective Composition
Practical Cultural Problem
Private Docent
Rational Evidence
Religious Congregation
Sacred Lore
Sacred Schools
Scholarly Knowledge
Secular Scholars
social circles in scholarly communication
social psychology
Social Roles
Social Systems
sociology of intellectuals
Technological Leader
Theoretic Validity
Unexpected Facts
Vice Versa
Product details
- ISBN 9781138538634
- Weight: 600g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 18 Dec 2020
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Florian Znaniecki (1882-1958) was philosopher, sociologist, and forty-fourth president of the American Sociological Association. In 1920 he accepted the first Polish chair in sociology at Adam Mickiewicz University where he organized the Polish Sociological Institute. He was also lecturer at Columbia University from 1931-1933, and again in 1939. He is best known for the idea of culturalism, which is one of the ideas that helped found the thought of antipositivism.
