Knowledge, communication and creativity

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Title:

Author:

Sales, Arnaud.

ISBN:

9780761943068

Publication Information:

London : SAGE, 2007.

Physical Description:

xii, 192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Sage studies in international sociology ; 56

Series Title:

Sage studies in international sociology ; 56

Contents:

Sect. 1. Introduction -- 1. Knowledge, communication, reflexive creativity and social change / Arnaud Sales, Marcel Fournier and Yan Senechal -- Sect. 2. Knowledge and social change in contemporary societies -- 2. Modern societies as knowledge societies / Nico Stehr -- 3. Knowledge and societal change : institutional coordination and the evolution of organizational populations / Jerald Hage -- Sect. 3. New information technologies and communication, communities and public sphere -- 4. Mobilities, networks and communities / John Urry -- 5. Information technology and the international public sphere / Craig Calhoun -- 6. Creativity in an Orwellian key : a sceptic's guide to the post-sociological imaginary / Steve Fuller -- Sect. 4. Creativity and communication in the production of knowledge -- 7. Between science and rhetoric : a recurrent debate on the role of communication and creativity in the definition of knowledge / Philippe Breton -- 8. High cognitive complexity and the making of major scientific discoveries / J. Rogers Hollingsworth -- 9. The creativity of intellectual networks and the struggle over attention space / Randall Collins -- 10. Evaluating creative minds : the assessment of originality in peer review / Michele Lamont, Marcel Fournier, Joshua Guetzkow, Gregoire Mallard and Roxane Bernier.

Subject Term:

Knowledge, Sociology of.

Creative ability.

Telecommunication -- Social aspects.

Added Author:

Sales, Arnaud.

Fournier, Marcel, 1945-

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′The book is a theoretically rich and sophisticated contribution to the development of knowledge society studies and to the analysis of the many puzzles of intellectual innovation. It will surely become a sourcebook for anyone interested in creativity and knowledge production′ - Karin Knorr Cetina, University of Chicago and University of Konstanz

′Gathers together some of the most interesting social-scientific thinking currently underway in Europe and North America... presents sociology in its most engaging and contemporary form′ - Canadian Journal of Sociology

Knowledge, communication and creativity are obsessions of contemporary modern societies. The rhetoric of information, imagination, improvisation and play have invaded our daily lives and work spaces. However, little attention has been paid to the sociological relationships among these elements, let alone their impacts as processes driving social change. This book offers penetrating explorations into the creative processes that are tied to knowledge production, shedding new light on:

" the impact of a general increase in knowledge on individuals, lifestyles, institutions and technologies;

" how new communication and information technologies are transforming social relationships, communities and the international public sphere; and

" understanding the ties between creativity, communication and the production of knowledge.