What is the Sociology of Philosophy?

Studies of Swedish and Scandinavian Philosophy

Carl-Göran Heidegren, Henrik Lundberg (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

150 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-54710-7 (ISBN)

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This book introduces the sociology of philosophy as a research field, asking what can be gained by looking at the discipline of philosophy from a sociological perspective and how to go about doing it, as presented through three case studies of 20th-century Swedish and Scandinavian philosophy.

After a general introduction to the topic including its brief history and central concepts, the case studies tackle questions such as how the crucial distinction between analytical and Continental philosophy came to be established in Sweden, how the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess worked out in his early philosophy an approach to dealing with the cultural trauma of the Second World War and the Nazi occupation, and how professional philosophical careers were built in postwar Sweden. The authors then take a forward look, suggesting where the field might go from here and what its future key areas might be.

This volume will appeal to scholars and students in sociology, philosophy, intellectual history, and Scandinavian studies.

Carl-Göran Heidegren is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Lund University, Sweden and has a Ph.D. in History of Science and Ideas. His research has focused on the sociology of knowledge/philosophy and recognition theory. Henrik Lundberg is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His research has primarily been within the field of sociology of knowledge/philosophy.

1. What is the sociology of philosophy?: A brief history and basic concepts 2. Two kinds of philosophy: The making of a philosophical fact 3. Philosophy as the handmaiden of democracy: Arne Naess’s proposal for reform of the philosophicum degree from a cultural sociology perspective 4. How to become a forgotten Swedish philosopher: A sociological study of Folke Leander’s intellectual interventions, 1937–1945 5. A look ahead

Erscheinungsdatum	10.07.2024
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Advances in Sociology
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	460 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-032-54710-3 / 1032547103
ISBN-13	978-1-032-54710-7 / 9781032547107
Zustand	Neuware