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Unhastening science : autonomy and reflexivity in the social theory of knowledge / Dick Pels

Pels, Dick, 1948-

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2003

Online Ressource (274 pages) : illustrations.

Englisch

Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1: The Timescape of Science; 2: What (Again) is So Special about Science?; 3: Two Traditions in the Social Theory of Knowledge; 4: The Natural Proximity of Facts and Values; 5: Knowledge Politics and Anti-Politics: Bourdieu on Science and Intellectuals; 6: The Politics of Symmetry; 7: Reflexivity: One Step Up; 8: Intellectual Autonomy and the Politics of Slow Motion; Epilogue: Weak Social Theory; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record

Print version: Unhastening science

978-1-84631-432-2 ( : electronic bk.); 1-84631-432-1 (electronic bk.)

0-85323-638-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-85323-598-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-85323-638-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 276170207 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

HM651

306.45 ; 306.4/5     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: SCI075000 ; bisacsh: SCI000000 ; bisacsh: SCI 075000

LOC-SH: Science -- Social aspects ; Sociologie de la connaissance ; Sciences -- Aspect social ; Knowledge, Sociology of ; Science -- Social aspects ; Science -- Social aspects ; Knowledge, Sociology of ; Electronic book

Electronic books ; Knowledge, Sociology of ; Science ; Social aspects ; Wetenschap ; Maatschappij ; Sociologische aspecten ; Kennissociologie ; SCIENCE ; Philosophy & Social Aspects

This book offers a new account of what makes science special among other human pursuits, critically engaging with a variety of approaches, especially constructivist and relativist studies of science and technology. It focuses on the studied ?lack of haste? of science, its relative stress-freeness and its socially sanctioned withdrawal from the swift pace of ordinary life. Unhastening Science offers a balanced and thoughtful argument which emphasises the dangers of cosseting science from the ?scourge? of internal competition while at the same time highlighting the need for ?distance? between th