The History of Knowledge

This Element provides a pedagogical overview of the history of knowledge including its main currents distinguishing ideas and key concepts. However it is not primarily a state-of-the-art overview but rather an argumentative contribution that seeks to push the field in a certain direction towards studying knowledge in society and knowledge in people''s lives. Hence the history of knowledge envisioned by the authors is not a rebranding of the history of science and intellectual history but rather...See More