What Is the Sociology of Philosophy?: Studies of Swedish and Scandinavian 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 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 Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His research has primarily been within the field of sociology of knowledge/philosophy.