Hermeneutic Philosophy and the Sociology of Art: An Approach to Some Epistemological Problems

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Cover page Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Title page Copyright page Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The sociology of art and the sociology of knowledge 2 The constitution of knowledge i The phenomenology of knowledge and the social construction of the world ii Language and knowledge of the world iii Knowledge and interest—ideology 3 The problems of the sociology of knowledge i Relativity and the problem of objective knowledge ii Knowledge and reality iii Cross-cultural understanding iv The levels and varieties of knowledge ν Structure and the individual vi The concept of a world-view vii Epistemology and ontology 4 The sociology of art and the concept of a world-view i The concept of a world-view ii Metalinguistics and the concept of world-view 5 Concepts of collective consciousness i Lévi-Strauss ii Goldmann 6 Concepts of collective consciousness (continued) iii Durkheim iv Parsons 7 Hermeneutic philosophy and the sociology of knowledge 8 Conclusion: towards a hermeneutic sociology of art Bibliography Index