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ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: SOCIAL THEORY Volum3e3 INTERESTSA ND THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE This paignet entiolneafbltll ayn k INTERESTSA ND THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE BARRYB ARNES � ��o�:��n��up LONDON AND NEW YORK Firsptu blishe1d9 7in7 Thise ditifoinr psutb lisihne2 d0 15 by Routledge 2P arkS quarMei,l toPna rkA,b ingdoOnx,o n,O X144 RN andb yR outledge 711Th irAdv enueN,e w YorkN,Y 10017 Routliesd gaen oiftm hTpear yi&ln Fotrr a nGcriosau npi ,n fobrumsai ness © 197S7. BB.a rnes Allr ighrtess ervNeod p.a rotf tbhoiosk mabye r eprinotrer de produocre d utiliisnea dn yf ormo r bayn ye lectronic, meocrho atnhiemcrea aln,s n,o w known hoerr eafitnevre ntiendc,l udpihnogt ocopyainndgr ecording,a noyr in informatsitoonr aogrer etrieval wsiytshtoepumet,r missiinow nr itifnrgo m the publishers. TradenmoatrPikrco deu:cotr c orporantaem esm ayb et rademaorrk s registered trademaraknsd, aursee do nlyf or identificatpiloanna taiwnoidnt heoxiuntt ent toi nfringe. BriLtiibsrhCa artya logPuuiblnigDc aaittnai on A catalogue rfeocro rtbdho ioski sa vailafbrloem tBhrei tiLsihb rary ISBN:9 78-0-415-(7Se2t7)3 1-0 eISBN9:7 8-1-315-(7Se6t9)9 7-4 ISBN:9 78-1-138-(V7ol8u7m4e31 3)- 4 eISBN9:7 8-1-315-(V7ol6u3m5e37 3)-6 Publisher's Note The publishgeorn eth oag sr ealte ngtthose nsurteh eq ualiotfy thriesp ribnutt pointosu tt hasto mei mperfections oriing itnchaoelp iemsa yb e apparent. Disclaimer The publishmeard ehe avse ry etffoot rrta cceo pyrihgohltd earnsd w ould welcomceo rrespondfernocmte h osteh ehya veb eenu nablteot race. INTERESATNSDT HE GROWTOHF KNOWLEDGE BARRYB ARNES ROUTLEDGED IERCTE DITIONS Routldege & KeganP aul Londo,n Henleayn dB oston Firspt ublished in 1977 byR otuledge & KeganP aulL td 39 StoreS treet, London WCl7ED D, Brodaway House, Newotwn Road, Henley-o-nThmaes, Oxon RG9 lENa nd 9 ParkS tree,t Bostno,M ass.0 2108,U SA Printde inG reatB ritian by Thomsno LithoLt d East Kiblried,S cotland � S.BB.a rnes 1977 Nop art oft hisb ook may be reproduecdi n any formw ithotu permissoin fromt he publisehr,e xcept fort heq uotation ofb rief passages in criitcims BrtiishL ibraryC ataloguinign Pluibactino Data Barnes,B arry Intreests and theg rowth ofk nowldege 1.K nowledge, Socioglyo of I Title 301.I21 BD175 77-30026 ISNB 0-71008-6695- CONTENTS INTORDUTCION vii ACKNWOLEDGMENTS x 1 THEP ROBLEMO FK NOWLEDGE 1 2 THEP ROBLEMO FI DEOOLGY 27 3 THEP ROBELM OFI MPUTATION 45 4 THPERO BELMO FT HEP OWER OFK NOWLEDGEA ND IDEAS 70 NOTES 87 BILBIOGRAPHY 104 INDEX 107 v This paignet entiolneafbltll ayn k INTRODUCTION Thisb ooki sc oncernweidt h the stugdenye roafll arges cale relationshbieptswe en knowlgeed, sociailn tersetsa nds ocial struc ture, andt hep rolbems whicha reg eenratedt hereby. Accordgilyn, itsf ocuis sd efiendb ya coehrentt raditioofnw ritgi nint he socioloogfyk nowldegew hichi ncleusdw orkb yM ar,x LuakcsW,e ber, Mannheim, GoldmannH abaenrdms a,a llo fw hichi sr eferred to and utiliesd in them aint ext. Fort hes akeo fc oehrencet hei mport ant work of DuErmkiehliem andh isf olloewrs is nodti scuesd;s itc omesc loes top rovidgi ann aletrnativet raditioofnt houhgt to thato utleidna bov.e Nor itsh ere anye xtended discussion ofr ecentw orko n then egotiatioofnm eanignsa ndk nowledigen particulsairt uatnis,o althouhg thism ateriailn t he 'micor' socioglyoo fk nowlgeed waso fc onseirdable utilitiyn t hed evleop ment oft heo piniownhsi chf ollo.w I hjauvdeg ed itw orthw hil,e fort hes ake aonfo redrlyt ext, tom aket hese restrictioonfs scope,a ndc onseeqnutlyt oa dvancseom e claims whicha rej usti fied onlyv iar eferences,a ndw hichI hopet o substantiea tmore adeuqaetly in thfeu tur.e There aret wow ayso fe xpoundgi n�nudt iliinsgt hew orko fa groupo f authorssu cha s thata bove. One itso �mbarku pon sae arch forw hatt hey 'realyl'm eant,u ndretakgi ndetaileadn aleysso f textsa nd soeusr,cg ivign carfeula tetntiont om atetrso fs emanitcs andp rolbems oft ranlsatio,n examingi inna sm uchd etaila sp os siblteh es ociasli tuatiownhesre in the worwkesr ep roduecd,a nd, notl east, pointgi noutt hep articulianret restsa nda lelgiances of authortsh emselvesa ndt hew ayt hatt hey arree flectedi nt heir writgins.I posesssn eitherth ec ompetences nort hei ntersets appropriea ttot hisi mprotantf ormo fa nalyss,ia ndI shalnlo t atetmpti th ere. There is, ina nyc aes, nloa cko fm aterial of thisk in,d and, witho neo r twoo ft hea uthormsen tioneadbo ve, textuael xegesisa nda ssoicatehd istoricraesle arcahr ef lourish ingi ndustersi. The secondp ossbiiliyt ist o taket hec lassiwcri tgisni nt he sociloogyo fk nowlgeed asr esourcse ands ourcse ofi nspirat,i ionn formulatgi anndd ealign withp rolbemso fc urrnet interseta ndr ele vanc.e Thisi s whiats a tetmpetd here; hencet hea rrangeentm of thbeoo k in terms ofp rbolems, rathetrh anb y authoorr chrono- vii