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

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Pels, Dick, 1948-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in social and political thought ; 7.Publication details: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781846314322
1846314321
9780853235989
0853235988
1781386978
9781781386972

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Unhastening science.DDC classification:

306.4/5 22

LOC classification:

HM651 .P45 2003eb

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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