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The sociology of knowledge: Toward redemption of a failed promise

  • Critiques of Sociological Knowledge
  • Knowledge, Truth and Politics: Mannheim's Legacy
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Buxton, W., Rehorick, D. The sociology of knowledge: Toward redemption of a failed promise. Int J Polit Cult Soc 2, 66–80 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01384683

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