Why I Am Not a Scientist: Anthropology and Modern Knowledge

Jonathan Marks

Published by University of California Press 2009

Why I Am Not a Scientist

Anthropology and Modern Knowledge

Jonathan Marks

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520943308

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This lively and provocative book casts an anthropological eye on the field of science in a wide-ranging and innovative discussion that integrates philosophy, history, sociology, and auto-ethnography. Jonathan Marks examines biological anthropology, the history of the life sciences, and the literature of science studies while upending common understandings of science and culture with a mixture of anthropology, common sense, and disarming humor. Science, Marks argues, is widely accepted to be three things: a method of understanding and a means of establishing facts about the universe, the facts themselves, and a voice of authority or a locus of cultural power. This triple identity creates conflicting roles and tensions within the field of science and leads to its record of instructive successes and failures. Among the topics Marks addresses are the scientific revolution, science as thought and performance, creationism, scientific fraud, and modern scientific racism. Applying his considerable insight, energy, and wit, Marks sheds new light on the evolution of science, its role in modern culture, and its challenges for the twenty-first century.

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Marks Jonathan :

Jonathan Marks is Professor of Anthropology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the author of What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and their Genes.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1. Science as a Culture and as a “Side” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Scientific Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Normative Science Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
4. Science as Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
5. The Problem of Creationism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
6. Bogus Science Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
7. Scientific Misconduct Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
8. The Rise and Fall of Colonial Science Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
9. Racial and Gendered Science Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
10. Nature/Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	260
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Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages
- Main content: 344

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Published: June 23, 2009
ISBN: 9780520943308