Format:
VI, 333 S.
,
24 cm
ISBN:
0822318814
,
0822318717
Content:
"At a time when scientific knowledge is systematically whisked out of the domain of education and converted into private capital, the essays in this volume are sharply critical of the conservative defense of a value-free science. They suggest that in a world steeped in nuclear, biogenic, and chemical overdevelopment, those who are skeptical of technology are more than entitled to ask for evidence of rationality in those versions of scientific progress that respond only to the managerial needs of state, corporate, and military elites. Whether uncovering the gender-laden assumptions built into the Western scientific method, redefining the scientific claim to objectivity, showing the relationship between science's empirical worldview and that of mercantile capitalism, or showing how the powerful language of science exercises its daily cultural authority in our society, the essays in Science Wars announce their own powerful message. Analyzing the antidemocratic tendencies within science and its institutions, they insist on a more accountable relationship between scientists and the communities and environments affected by their research."--BOOK JACKET.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Natural Sciences
,
Philosophy
Keywords:
Wissenschaft
;
Meinungsverschiedenheit
;
Naturwissenschaften
;
Wissenschaftssoziologie
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
