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100			_aHamilton, Richard F.
245			_aSocial misconstruction of reality : validity and verification in the scholarly community
260			_bYale University Press, _c2013 _aNew Haven :
300			_axiii, 289 p. ; _c23 cm
365			_b32.00 _cUSD _d78.80
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIn this provocative book Richard F. Hamilton examines the social determinants of knowledge, focusing on three well-accepted but erroneous social theories and looking closely at the ways social misconstructions originate and thrive. Hamilton finds that despite critiques by historians, some scholars continue to believe Max Weber's claim that a strong linkage between Protestantism and worldly success led to the rise of the capitalist West. Similarly, many academics still argue the discredited view that the German lower middle class voted overwhelmingly for the Nazis. Foucault's flawed interpretation of the "birth of prison" and other disciplinary concepts in modern society finds wide acceptance in many academic circles, despite a lack of serious empirical support. In each of these three cases, the author assesses the logic and empirical accuracy of the accepted theory and alternative theories, and he investigates the social processes giving rise to misconstructions.
650			_aHistoriography
650			_aKnowledge, Sociology of
650			_aCase studies
650			_aSocial influence argument
650			_aCitation chains
650			_a Discipline
650			_a Lower middle class
650			_aMedia influence
650			_aWeber's argument
650			_aReplication
650			_aSocial Psychology, scholarship
650			_a Hitler
650			_aProtestant ethic
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