New Frontiers in Science and Technology StudiesPolity Press, 2007 M10 1 - 240 pages Steve Fuller has a reputation for setting the terms of debate within science and technology studies. In his latest book, New Frontiers in Science and Technology Studies he charts the debates likely to be of relevance in the coming years.
These questions are explored by examining an array of historical, philosophical and contemporary sources. Attention is paid, for example, to the Bruno Latour's The Politics of Nature as a model for science policy, as well as the global controversy surrounding Bjorn Lomborg's The Sceptical Environmentalist, which led to the dismantling and re-establishment of the Danish national research ethics board. New Frontiers in Science and Technology Studies will appeal strongly to scholars and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in courses concerned with the social dimensions of science and technology, and anyone who cares about the future of science. |
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... ideological uses of science - that is , what science means and does to and for people , both elite policymakers and mass publics , who are removed from its mate- rial practices . Most of this book is concerned with redressing the ...
... ideological uses of science - that is , what science means and does to and for people , both elite policymakers and mass publics , who are removed from its mate- rial practices . Most of this book is concerned with redressing the ...
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... ideological dominance that the dis- unificationists exert over the interpretation of the unity of science project ? I propose a two - pronged strategy . —- First , I would draw attention to the historical resonance of the word ...
... ideological dominance that the dis- unificationists exert over the interpretation of the unity of science project ? I propose a two - pronged strategy . —- First , I would draw attention to the historical resonance of the word ...
Page 192
... ideological superstructure and scientific foundation of this transformation ( Cardwell 1972 ) . In contrast , the view that remained dominant in China - the need for humans to be in harmony with nature , understood in quasi - sacred ...
... ideological superstructure and scientific foundation of this transformation ( Cardwell 1972 ) . In contrast , the view that remained dominant in China - the need for humans to be in harmony with nature , understood in quasi - sacred ...
Contents
List of Tables and Boxes | 1 |
Sciences Need for Unity | 53 |
Contrasting Visions | 85 |
Copyright | |
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