What is the Sociology of Philosophy?

This book introduces the sociology of philosophy as a research field, asking what can be gained by looking at the discipline of philosophy from a sociological perspective and how to go about doing it, as presented through three case studies of 20th-century Swedish and Scandinavian philosophy.

Carl-Göran Heidegren is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Lund University, Sweden and has a Ph.D. in History of Science and Ideas. His research has focused on the sociology of knowledge/philosophy and recognition theory. Henrik Lundberg is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His research has primarily been within the field of sociology of knowledge/philosophy.

1. What is the sociology of philosophy?: A brief history and basic concepts 2. Two kinds of philosophy: The making of a philosophical fact 3. Philosophy as the handmaiden of democracy: Arne Naess's proposal for reform of the philosophicum degree from a cultural sociology perspective 4. How to become a forgotten Swedish philosopher: A sociological study of Folke Leander's intellectual interventions, 1937-1945 5. A look ahead