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245 1 0 _aClashes of Knowledge
_h[electronic resource] :
_bOrthodoxies and Heterodoxies in Science and Religion /
_cedited by Peter Meusburger, Michael Welker, Edgar Wunder.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands,
_c2008.
300 _aVIII, 230 p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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490 1 _aKnowledge and Space,
_x1877-9220 ;
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505 0 _aForms of Knowledge: Problems, Projects, Perspectives -- The Nexus of Knowledge and Space -- Cultural Boundaries: Settled and Unsettled -- Actors’ and Analysts’ Categories in the Social Analysis of Science -- Science and the Limits of Knowledge -- Science and Religion in Popular Publishing in 19th-Century Britain -- Reason, Faith, and Gnosis: Potentials and Problematics of a Typological Construct -- The Demarcation Problem of Knowledge and Faith: Questions and Answers from Theology -- Types of Sacred Space and European Responses to New Religious Movements -- When Faiths Collide: The Case of Fundamentalism -- The Theory of Cognitive Dissonance: State of the Science and Directions for Future Research -- Turning Persuasion from an Art into a Science.
520 _a"Clashes of Knowledge" is the first volume of a series called "Knowledge and Space" dealing with spatial disparities of knowledge and the impact of the spatial context on the production and application of knowledge. The contributions in this book explore the conflicts between various types of knowledge, especially between orthodox and heterodox knowledge systems, which range from religious fundamentalism to heresies within the scientific community itself. Does the traditional distinction between "belief" and "knowledge" still make sense? How is the difference between knowledge and belief understood in different cultural contexts? How have the religious-based knowledge systems been displaced in their hegemonic role by "scientific" knowledge? In which ways do the agents of hegemonic, orthodox knowledge interact with the representatives of deviating, heterodox knowledge? These and many other questions are addressed by scholars of geography, history of science, philosophy, psychology, religious studies, sociology, theology, etc. A number of articles describe how scientists attempt to systematically exclude implausible knowledge claims from their disciplines and how the boundaries of science are subject to historical change and to spatial and cultural contexts. Knowledge systems can also clash at the level of the individual. Why do people often ignore information that contradicts their personal "knowledge"? Under what conditions are people prepared to give up firm beliefs and integrate new information that contradicts their prior knowledge? This book thus addresses many fields in the academy but also learned individuals who are interested in the often puzzling spatial and cultural disparities of knowledge and clashes of knowledge.
650 0 _aSocial sciences.
650 0 _aHistory.
650 0 _aEducational sociology.
650 0 _aEducation and sociology.
650 0 _aSociology, Educational.
650 0 _aHuman geography.
650 0 _aCognitive psychology.
650 1 4 _aSocial Sciences.
650 2 4 _aHuman Geography.
650 2 4 _aSocial Sciences, general.
650 2 4 _aHistory of Science.
650 2 4 _aCognitive Psychology.
650 2 4 _aSociology of Education.
700 1 _aMeusburger, Peter.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aWelker, Michael.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aWunder, Edgar.
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710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
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776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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830 0 _aKnowledge and Space,
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