Long out of print and difficult to come by, Bensman and Lilienfeld's treatise has achieved the status of an underground masterwork of sociological thought. An extended and carefully nuanced essay on the sociology of knowledge, its central argument was well defined by the authors in the first edition of 1973: -.. .major 'habits of mind, ' approaches to the world, or.. .attitudes towards everyday life.. .are extensions of habits of thought that emerge and are developed in the practice of an occupation, profession, or craft.-
- ISBN10 0202303845
- ISBN13 9780202303840
- Publish Date 1 August 1991 (first published 1 January 1973)
- Publish Status Temporarily Withdrawn
- Out of Print 16 October 2015
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
- Imprint AldineTransaction
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 395
- Language English