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The sociology of philosophies: a global theory of intellectual change
Randall Collins-
Frontmatter (page i)
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Preface (page xvii)
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Acknowledgments (page xxi)
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Introduction (page 1)
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THE SKELETON OF THEORY (page 17)
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1 Coalitions in the Mind (page 19)
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2 Networks across the Generations (page 54)
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3 Partitioning Attention Space: The Case of Ancient Greece (page 80)
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COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITIES - Part I: Asian Paths (page 135)
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4 Innovation by Opposition: Ancient China (page 137)
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5 External and Internal Politics of the Intellectual World: India (page 177)
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6 Revolutions of the Organizational Base: Buddhist and Neo-Confucian China (page 272)
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7 Innovation through Conservatism: Japan (page 322)
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Conclusions to Part I: The Ingredients of Intellectual Life (page 379)
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COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITIES - Part II: Western Paths (page 385)
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8 Tensions of Indigenous and Imported Ideas: Islam, Judaism, Christendom (page 387)
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9 Academic Expansion as a Two-Edged Sword: Medieval Christendom (page 451)
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10 Cross-Breeding Networks and Rapid-Discovery Science (page 523)
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11 Secularization and Philosophical Meta-territoriality (page 570)
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12 Intellectuals Take Control of Their Base: The German University Revolution (page 618)
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13 The Post-revolutionary Condition: Boundaries as Philosophical Puzzles (page 688)
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14 Writers' Markets and Academic Networks: The French Connection (page 754)
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META-REFLECTIONS (page 785)
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15 Sequence and Branch in the Social Production of Ideas (page 787)
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Epilogue: Sociological Realism (page 858)
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Appendices (page 883)
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1. The Clustering of Contemporaneous Creativity (page 883)
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2. The Incompleteness of Our Historical Picture (page 890)
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3. Keys to Figures (page 893)
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Notes (page 947)
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References (page 1035)
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Index of Persons (page 1069)
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Index of Subjects (page 1089)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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TS | 29.6 (Dec. 2000): 854-859 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3108534 |
ISIS | 90.4 (Dec. 1999): 857-858 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/237748 |
MTSR | 12.1/4 (2000): 550-551 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/23551208 |
SOCF | 16.1 (Mar. 2001): 167-174 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/685035 |
AHR | 105.1 (Feb. 2000): 165-166 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2652442 |
ESR | 15.3 (Sep. 1999): 342-345 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/522736 |
CRSCT | 49.2 (Summer 1999): 260-265 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/24460775 |
CS | 28.3 (May 1999): 277-280 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2654140 |
AJS | 105.2 (Sep. 1999): 528-531 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/210319 |
CS | 28.3 (May 1999): 280-281 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2654141 |
SOCI | 34.3 (Aug. 2000): 573-578 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/42856203 |
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
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