Authority knowledge

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The term domination knowledge in its narrower meaning denotes knowledge that is reserved for holders of positions of domination and whose strivings for power is useful, above all because it enables secret politics.

In its broadest and colloquially critical meaning (approaching the "cunning") meaning, it denotes a knowledge advantage that serves to secure a position. The central characteristics are the scarcity of knowledge and the resulting advantage for those who know.

Max Scheler's philosophical approach

Most carefully developed in Max Scheler's philosophy , “knowledge of domination” designates one of the three types of the highest forms of knowledge. In addition to the knowledge of rulership, these are the knowledge of education and the knowledge of redemption and salvation. For Scheler, domination does not only mean domination directed towards the outside, but also the domination of the inner nature of man. In European culture, mastery of external nature is an essential feature, whereas in Asian culture, mastery of internal nature is an essential feature. The dominance of the dominant knowledge turned outwards, which is shown in the success of the positive sciences, is a deficit of European culture. Scheler regards a balance of both forms of domination knowledge as essential.

Science research

In science research , “domination knowledge” stands for knowledge that is gained and disseminated in a “domination science ”.

The domination sciences are sciences that stabilize the socio-political status quo . This includes, for example, law and economics. In contrast to this are the opposition sciences, which include sociology. In an opposition science, knowledge is gained that is perceived as destabilizing.

Knowledge of authority in education and sociology

In both sciences, the term is used more for illustration than in the narrower sense of technical language.

In pedagogy , the term is also used for “available knowledge”. In contrast to orientation knowledge, dispositional knowledge does not convey moral values, but rather describes the knowledge of causes, effects and means. However, according to Jürgen Mittelstraß and Dietmar Willoweit, in many scientific disciplines there is neither pure disposition knowledge nor pure orientation knowledge, but rather fluid boundaries between the two regulatory terms, for example in training at law faculties.

Furthermore, the colloquial (daily political) term of knowledge of domination is occasionally used synonymously in sociology with elite knowledge. In power elites , elite knowledge does not consist primarily of specialist knowledge, but of knowledge of the 'rules of the game' and the habitus of the ruling class, which are very useful for exercising power.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Ralf Becker / Heinz Leonardy: The education of society. Scheler's social philosophy in context , Königshausen & Neumann, 2007, ISBN 3826035518 , p. 187; WFH : Knowledge of rule - knowledge of redemption - knowledge of education , in: Werner Fuchs-Heinritz u. a .: Lexicon for Sociology , 4th ed., VS Verl. f. Social Sciences, Wiesbaden 2007, p. 271; W. Lipp : Art. Dominion knowledge , in: Historical dictionary of philosophy , Bd. 3, Sp. 1099 f.
  2. ↑ Dirk Berg-Schlosser / Theo Stammen: Introduction to Political Science , CH Beck, 7th edition, Munich 2003, ISBN 3406504957 . P. 100
  3. ↑ Waltraud Harth-Peter: About Klugheit , in: Walter Eykmann / Winfried Böhm / Sabine Seichter (eds.): Pedagogical virtues. Winfried Böhm on March 22, 2007 . Königshausen & Neumann, 2007, ISBN 3826036042 . P. 49.
  4. ^ Bruno Oehring: The contributions to the discussion on the symposium. In: Winfried Böhm , Martin Lindauer (ed.): “Not much knowledge saturates the soul”. Knowledge, recognition, education, training today. (= 3rd symposium of the University of Würzburg. ) Ernst Klett, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-12-984580-1 , pp. 349–367, here: 362–367 ( disposition knowledge and orientation knowledge ), in particular p. 362 f.
  5. ^ Michael Hartmann in a statement on science policy: Equal Opportunities, Tuition Fees, Elites , in: Uwe H. Bittlingmayer / Ullrich Bauer (eds.): The "Knowledge Society". Myth, Ideology or Reality? VS Verlag 2006, ISBN 3531145355 . P. 487 f.