The Sociology of Philosophies - A Global Theory of Intellectual Change (Paperback, Revised)

Randall Collins traces the movement of philosophical thought in ancient Greece, China, Japan, India, the medieval Islamic and Jewish world, medieval Christendom, and modern Europe. What emerges from this history is a social theory of intellectual change, one that avoids both the reduction of ideas to the influences of society at large and the purely contingent local construction of meanings. Instead, Collins focuses on the social locations where sophisticated ideas are formed: the patterns of intellectual networks and their inner divisions and conflicts.

General

Imprint:	The Belknap Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2000
First published:	March 2000
Authors:	Randall Collins
Dimensions:	235 x 162 x 53mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	1098
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-00187-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	0-674-00187-7
Barcode:	9780674001879

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