This book first published in 1975 is an examination of the theoretical foundation of the sociology of art and literature and an in-depth study in the sociology of knowledge. In discussing and clarifying some of the important philosophical issues in this field the constant underlying reference is to the creative and artistic-expressive areas of knowledge – so that the better understanding of the social nature and genesis of all knowledge may point the way towards a similar comprehension of art and society. |Hermeneutic Philosophy and the Sociology of Art An Approach to Some of the Epistemological Problems of the Sociology of Knowledge and the So
