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Overview
Experiments in Knowing explores the history, ideology and implications of different 'ways of knowing'.
Synopsis
Feminist and social scientist Oakley directs a research unit at the U. of London Institute of Education. She writes in the first chapter: "This is a book about the history and sociology of different ways of knowing. It is also about the manner in which genderthe cultural construction of femininity and masculinityhas intersected with these processes...." Her book looks at the history of methodology and of experimental sociology in an effort to shed light on new ways of knowing and new ways of approaching intervention in other people's lives. Originally published in the UK (Polity Press, 2000); distributed in the US by W.W. Norton. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR