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The Social Relations of Physics, Mysticism, and Mathematics: Studies in Social Structure, Interests, and Ideas

The Social Relations of Physics, Mysticism, and Mathematics: Studies in Social Structure, Interests, and Ideas

Restivo, S.

Paperback

Series: Episteme, Book 10

PhilosophyGeneral GardeningGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 9027720843
ISBN13: 9789027720849
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Sep 30 1985
Pages: 310
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.28
Language: English
The problems I address in this book are among the least studied in the soci- ology of science and knowledge. Part I is a critique of the claim that there are parallels between ancient mysticism and modern physics, and a sociological analysis of this claim as a strategy in intellectual conflict. This study must. ultimately be rooted more firmly in a: type of sociology of knowledge that is just now beginning to crystallize (and which I discuss in Chapter 7), and a sociology of religion that is not so much unknown as underground, and timid, that is, a non-worshipful materialist sociology of religion. My study of physics-mysticism parallelism is a vehicle for exploring epistemic strategies. I thus conclude Part I by sketching a materialist, emancipatory epistemic strategy. My conclusion brings together a number of ideas formulated by myself and others over the past several years, but stops short of a systematic synthesis. A more integrated and coherent model than what I can sketch here must wait on the results of research now in progress in the critical (as opposed to apologetic or worshipful) sociology of knowledge.

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