The dynamics of heresy in a profession

Paul Root Wolpe

Social Science & Medicine, 1994, vol. 39, issue 9, 1133-1148

Abstract: It has been suggested that the term 'heresy' be rehabilitated to describe challenges to ideology in a profession. However, the term has been used in a variety of ways, impairing its descriptive utility. Using a variety of examples of potential heretical ideas in modern science and medicine, this paper tries to carefully define heresy and distinguish it from other forms of ideological challenge to a profession, such as challenges to knowledge products and challenges to authority. A dramaturgical approach is then used to try and describe the stages of heretical conflict in a profession.

Keywords: heresy; professional; constraints; orthodoxy; scientific; rebellion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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