Social Sciences and the commodification of knowledge

Scientific knowledge in general and that of the social-historical sciences in particular is fatally determined by the laws of the market, not only by its articulation with the great industry, but above all because its form of production is the same as that of commercial production. Taking o...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Sierra, Natalia
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2018
País:Ecuador
Recursos:Universidad Central del Ecuador
Repositório:Revista Ciencias Sociales
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:revistadigital.uce.edu.ec:article/914
Acesso em linha:https://revistadigital.uce.edu.ec/index.php/CSOCIALES/article/view/914
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Ciencias sociales
conocimiento
mercantilización
universidad
capitalismo
Social sciences
knowledge
commodification
university
capitalism
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Resumo:Scientific knowledge in general and that of the social-historical sciences in particular is fatally determined by the laws of the market, not only by its articulation with the great industry, but above all because its form of production is the same as that of commercial production. Taking on this premise, this text proposes the following thesis: the production of knowledge in the social-historical sciences is traversed by the same contradictions and limits inherent to the functioning of the capitalist economy.