Unhastening science : autonomy and reflexivity in the social theory of knowledge /
Pels, Dick, 1948-
Unhastening science : autonomy and reflexivity in the social theory of knowledge / Dick Pels. - Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2003. - 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations - - Studies in social and political thought ; 7 . - Studies in social and political thought ; 7. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
English.
9781846314322 (electronic bk.) 1846314321 (electronic bk.) 9780853235989 0853235988 (pbk.) 1781386978 9781781386972
22573/ctt5p6cfx JSTOR
GBA2T6522 bnb GBA2-T6522
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Science--Social aspects.
Sociologie de la connaissance.
Sciences--Aspect social.
sociology of knowledge.
SCIENCE--Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Science--Social aspects.
Wetenschap.
Maatschappij.
Sociologische aspecten.
Kennissociologie.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HM651 / .P45 2003eb
306.4/5
Unhastening science : autonomy and reflexivity in the social theory of knowledge / Dick Pels. - Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2003. - 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations - - Studies in social and political thought ; 7 . - Studies in social and political thought ; 7. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
English.
9781846314322 (electronic bk.) 1846314321 (electronic bk.) 9780853235989 0853235988 (pbk.) 1781386978 9781781386972
22573/ctt5p6cfx JSTOR
GBA2T6522 bnb GBA2-T6522
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Science--Social aspects.
Sociologie de la connaissance.
Sciences--Aspect social.
sociology of knowledge.
SCIENCE--Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Science--Social aspects.
Wetenschap.
Maatschappij.
Sociologische aspecten.
Kennissociologie.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HM651 / .P45 2003eb
306.4/5