Sociology of knowledge

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Notion

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

The sociology of knowledge is the study of the relationship between human thought, the social context within which it arises, and the effects that prevailing ideas, beliefs, and concepts have on societies.

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