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Unnatural Knowledge
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- Title: Unnatural Knowledge: Tracing the Cognitive Foundations and Historical Origins of Modern Systems of Knowledge
- Author(s): Dengjian Jin
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: Organization Studies
- Journal Title: The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture, and Change Management: Annual Review
- Keywords: Knowledge Creation, Knowledge Evolution, Knowledge System
- Volume: 6
- Issue: 8
- Date: February 27, 2007
- ISSN: 1447-9524 (Print)
- ISSN: 1447-9575 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9524/CGP/v06i08/50246
- Citation: Jin, Dengjian. 2007. "Unnatural Knowledge: Tracing the Cognitive Foundations and Historical Origins of Modern Systems of Knowledge." The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture, and Change Management: Annual Review 6 (8): 159-166. doi:10.18848/1447-9524/CGP/v06i08/50246.
- Extent: 8 pages
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Abstract
Challenging the dominant view of natural evolution of modern knowledge, the article theorizes that modern knowledge is unnaturally created through cognitive, cultural, and institutional arrangements that were path-dependent and evitable.
