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Marginalitate şi creativitate
Marginality and Creativity

Author(s): Mattei Dogan
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Institutul de Marketing si Sondaje - IMAS SA
Keywords: the notion of marginality in sociology of science;

Summary/Abstract: In sociology of science, the notion of marginality refers to the superior and advanced strata of scientific communities, far from the densely populated domains. Scientific disciplines progress at their periphery in contact with other disciplines by cross-fertilization. Marginality favors innovation and creativity.

  • Issue Year: 2000
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 28-34
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English