The Dispute over Inaplicability of Academic Knowledge: Toward a Theory of "Social Construction of Knowledge Utilization

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Professor of Public Administration, Faculty of Management & Economics,Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Knowledge of humanities and social sciences is enacted knowledge because based on the process of dublel hermeneutic seeking any unvarian law in the humanities and social affairs is very difficult Several studies refute the universality of knowledge in the humanities and social sciences and contexcuality of knowledge affirms the social construction of knowledge or enacted social knowldege Although there are several studies on social construction of knowledge and enacted social knowledge but little has been done to social utilization of knowledge This theory asserts that although universities and research centers contribute in generating knowledge and sometimes utilization of it but the main culprit for the nonapplication of academic knowledge is not f scientific circlesThe author hopes that by accepting this theory by scholars and policy makerswe can change the national discourse about the inapplicability of academic knowledge of academic production in Iran

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