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What is the history of knowledge? / Peter Burke, Professor Emeritus of Cultural History of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.

By: Series: What is historyCambridge, United Kingdom : Polity Press, 2016Description: 156 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780745669830 (hardback)
  • 9780745669847 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 001.09 .B959 2016
LOC classification:
  • BD175 .B8635 2016
Summary: "The author discusses some of the main concepts used by the scholars working in the field, among them 'order of knowledge', 'situated knowledge' and 'knowledge society'. This book tells the story of the transformation of relatively raw 'information' into knowledge via processes such as classification and verification, the dissemination of this knowledge and finally its employment for different purposes, by governments, corporations or private individuals." --Publisher's description.
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Includes index

"The author discusses some of the main concepts used by the scholars working in the field, among them 'order of knowledge', 'situated knowledge' and 'knowledge society'. This book tells the story of the transformation of relatively raw 'information' into knowledge via processes such as classification and verification, the dissemination of this knowledge and finally its employment for different purposes, by governments, corporations or private individuals." --Publisher's description.

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