Peter Burke, A Social History of Knowledge - chapter 1

Peter Burke's Chapter 1 of 'A Social History of Knowledge' explores the sociology of knowledge by examining long-term trends and the social origins of knowledge categories. It delineates a shift from traditional views of knowledge acquisition to understanding the construction and contextualization of knowledge influenced by social environments. The chapter emphasizes the plurality of knowledge types and aims to integrate various perspectives to address the fragmentation in the study of knowledge.