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Author:   Nico Stehr
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9780761953487

ISBN 10:   0761953485
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   14 May 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

Introduction Excursus Fragility PART ONE: THE TEXTURE OF MODERN SOCIETIES The Nation State Functional Differentiation Rationalizing the Irrational Traditional and Modern Societies The Extension of Social Conduct PART TWO: KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES The Emergence of Knowledge Societies The Society of Societies PART THREE: KNOWLEDGE ABOUT KNOWLEDGE Knowledge as a Capacity for Action Culture and Knowledge From Capacities to Realization Incremental Knowledge Knowledge and Information Limits of Power and Knowledge Excursus Forms of Capital PART FOUR: FUSION THROUGH DISSOLUTION The Disappearance of Human Agency A Surplus of Social Manipulation Excursus Herrshaft kraft Wissen PART FIVE: FRAGILE SOCIAL STRUCTURES The World of Post-Industrial Societies Collective and Individual Capacities to Act PART SIX: GOVERNING KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES The Stalled Society The Politics of Knowledge Societies Political Action and Knowledgeability PART SEVEN: FRAGMENTATION AND HOMOGENIZATION OF SOCIAL LIFE The Advent of Mass Societies The Globalization of the World Globalization in Historical Times The Divisions of the World The Reconfiguration of the Globe PART EIGHT: POLICING KNOWLEDGE Knowledge Politics Regulating Knowledge The Social Control of Knowledge Claims in Science The Societal Regulation of Knowledge The Virchow-Haeckel Controversy The Public and Science The Developments of Social Controls Knowledge Hierarchies and Monopolies PART NINE: EMANCIPATION AND KNOWLEDGE The Knowledge/Power Axis The New Risks of Knowledge Modern Social Movements Excursus Knowing and Risks PART TEN: KNOWLEDGE, UNCERTAINTY AND CONTINGENCY Prospects or What Remains Open

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Nico Stehr is Senior Research Fellow, Sustainable Development Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Canada

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