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 on th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Sierra, Natalia
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Estado:Published version
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Ecuador
Institución:UCE
Repositorio:Revista Ciencias Sociales
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistadigital.uce.edu.ec:article/914
Acceso en línea:https://revistadigital.uce.edu.ec/index.php/CSOCIALES/article/view/914
Nivel de acceso:Acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias sociales
conocimiento
mercantilización
universidad
capitalismo
Social sciences
knowledge
commodification
university
capitalism
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Sumario: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.