Historia social del conocimiento. Vol II

Historia social del conocimiento. Vol II
Author: Peter Burke
Publisher: Grupo Planeta (GBS)
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 8449327490

Peter Burke prosigue su magistral Historia social del conocimiento, ocupándose en este caso del período que abarca desde 1750, con la publicación de la Encyclopedie francesa, hasta la eclosión de la Wikipedia. Al igual que en el volumen anterior, también publicado por Paidós, Burke nos presenta la historia social del conocimiento, en el sentido en que no sólo se centra en los individuos, sino en los grupos, las instituciones, las prácticas colectivas y las tendencias generales. La obra está dividida en tres partes. En la primera, se sostiene que las actividades que parecen ser intemporales (como la búsqueda, el análisis, la difusión y el empleo del conocimiento) son, de hecho, limitadas en el tiempo y adoptan diferentes formas en distintos períodos y lugares. La segunda parte intenta contrarrestar la tendencia a escribir una historia triunfalista del “crecimiento” del conocimiento, aportando datos sobre las pérdidas de distintos conocimientos y el precio de la especialización. La tercera parte ofrece unas panorámicas geográfi cas y sociológicas, comparando las experiencias de los centros en los que se genera el conocimiento y sus periferias, y sosteniendo que cada una de las corrientes principales del período (la profesionalización, secularización, nacionalización, democratización, etc.), coexisten e interactúan con sus opuestos. Peter Burke nos ofrece una impresionante panorámica de la gestación del conocimiento a lo largo de la historia escrita con la claridad y la sencillez que le caracterizan. Este segundo volumen, largamente esperado, se convertirá en una lectura esencial para todas las personas interesadas en las humanidades y las ciencias sociales.

¿Qué es la historia del conocimiento?

¿Qué es la historia del conocimiento?
Author: Peter Burke
Publisher: Siglo XXI Editores
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2019-11-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 9876297546

¿Qué es la historia del conocimiento? ¿Un relato capaz de explicar el éxito o la utilidad de teorías y descubrimientos en las disciplinas académicas? Peter Burke, el máximo referente de este campo de estudios, aclara que es algo más variado, complejo e interesante, que interpela a los lectores de hoy al darnos herramientas y perspectiva para entender cómo se llegó a la revolución digital y la sobrecarga de información que conlleva. ¿Qué hacer frente a la acumulación de datos "crudos"? ¿Cómo seleccionarlos, clasificarlos y decidir sobre su validez? ¿Cuándo se convierten en conocimiento sistematizado en la "cocina" de las ciencias? Sostenido en su formidable erudición y en medio siglo de investigaciones y docencia, Burke describe las operaciones necesarias para organizar masas de información. A la vez, explica con gran claridad términos fundamentales y propone una guía para pensar a partir de ellos. De la Biblioteca de Alejandría al trabajo en línea de nuestros días, traza un mapa de problemas que funcionan como temas de indagación en Oriente y Occidente. Mientras pone la lupa sobre las instituciones (Iglesia, Estado, Universidad) que determinan qué se considera ciencia en un momento dado, contempla los saberes prácticos y las dificultades para encontrar fuentes y registros de ese corpus rico que circula fuera de la academia. Así, cuestiona concepciones simplistas de la división del trabajo intelectual entre centro y periferia, sin dejar de interrogarse por la utilidad de los conocimientos, los modelos de intelectual y el modo en que se difunden o popularizan los desarrollos especializados. Primer trabajo de carácter introductorio sobre el tema, este libro traza los hitos de una historia larga y analiza las tendencias más dinámicas de la "sociedad del conocimiento".

Social History of Knowledge

Social History of Knowledge
Author: Peter Burke
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2013-05-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 0745665926

In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of printing to the publication of the French Encyclopédie. The book opens with an assessment of different sociologies of knowledge from Mannheim to Foucault and beyond, and goes on to discuss intellectuals as a social group and the social institutions (especially universities and academies) which encouraged or discouraged intellectual innovation. Then, in a series of separate chapters, Burke explores the geography, anthropology, politics and economics of knowledge, focusing on the role of cities, academies, states and markets in the process of gathering, classifying, spreading and sometimes concealing information. The final chapters deal with knowledge from the point of view of the individual reader, listener, viewer or consumer, including the problem of the reliability of knowledge discussed so vigorously in the seventeenth century. One of the most original features of this book is its discussion of knowledges in the plural. It centres on printed knowledge, especially academic knowledge, but it treats the history of the knowledge 'explosion' which followed the invention of printing and the discovery of the world beyond Europe as a process of exchange or negotiation between different knowledges, such as male and female, theoretical and practical, high-status and low-status, and European and non-European. Although written primarily as a contribution to social or socio-cultural history, this book will also be of interest to historians of science, sociologists, anthropologists, geographers and others in another age of information explosion.

A Social History of Knowledge II

A Social History of Knowledge II
Author: Peter Burke
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 0745659616

Peter Burke follows up his magisterial Social History of Knowledge, picking up where the first volume left off around 1750 at the publication of the French Encyclopédie and following the story through to Wikipedia. Like the previous volume, it offers a social history (or a retrospective sociology of knowledge) in the sense that it focuses not on individuals but on groups, institutions, collective practices and general trends. The book is divided into 3 parts. The first argues that activities which appear to be timeless - gathering knowledge, analysing, disseminating and employing it - are in fact time-bound and take different forms in different periods and places. The second part tries to counter the tendency to write a triumphalist history of the 'growth' of knowledge by discussing losses of knowledge and the price of specialization. The third part offers geographical, sociological and chronological overviews, contrasting the experience of centres and peripheries and arguing that each of the main trends of the period - professionalization, secularization, nationalization, democratization, etc, coexisted and interacted with its opposite. As ever, Peter Burke presents a breath-taking range of scholarship in prose of exemplary clarity and accessibility. This highly anticipated second volume will be essential reading across the humanities and social sciences.

Social History of Knowledge

Social History of Knowledge
Author: Peter Burke
Publisher: Polity
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2000-12-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780745624853

In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of printing to the publication of the French Encyclopédie. The book opens with an assessment of different sociologies of knowledge from Mannheim to Foucault and beyond, and goes on to discuss intellectuals as a social group and the social institutions (especially universities and academies) which encouraged or discouraged intellectual innovation. Then, in a series of separate chapters, Burke explores the geography, anthropology, politics and economics of knowledge, focusing on the role of cities, academies, states and markets in the process of gathering, classifying, spreading and sometimes concealing information. The final chapters deal with knowledge from the point of view of the individual reader, listener, viewer or consumer, including the problem of the reliability of knowledge discussed so vigorously in the seventeenth century. One of the most original features of this book is its discussion of knowledges in the plural. It centres on printed knowledge, especially academic knowledge, but it treats the history of the knowledge 'explosion' which followed the invention of printing and the discovery of the world beyond Europe as a process of exchange or negotiation between different knowledges, such as male and female, theoretical and practical, high-status and low-status, and European and non-European. Although written primarily as a contribution to social or socio-cultural history, this book will also be of interest to historians of science, sociologists, anthropologists, geographers and others in another age of information explosion.

Handbook of Research on Education for Participative Citizenship and Global Prosperity

Handbook of Research on Education for Participative Citizenship and Global Prosperity
Author: Pineda-Alfonso, José A.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 718
Release: 2018-11-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1522571116

Active participation in processes of change are an essential aspect of community participation, and proper recognition of opportunities for participation facilitate community engagement nationally and internationally. Education and its relation to citizenship in recent years has become one of the most important fields of research. From different areas and contexts, it has been revealed that there is a prevailing need for education for citizens to take part actively in the processes of change and improvement that the current global situation requires. The Handbook of Research on Education for Participative Citizenship and Global Prosperity is a pivotal reference source focusing on the productions and fields of study that are carried out all over the world on education for citizenship, namely the devices that provide young people with the consciousness and highlight the aspects of an active democratic life. While highlighting topics such as citizenship identity, educational policy, and social justice, this publication explores participation instruction, as well as the methods of community involvement. This book is ideally designed for educational administrators, policymakers, researchers, professionals, and educators seeking current research on instructional methods for teaching active community and political involvement.

Valor Social del Conocimiento Histórico

Valor Social del Conocimiento Histórico
Author: Rafael Altamira
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2018-08-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780274765102

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