Science Studies : Probing the Dynamics of Scientific Knowledge /

How can we understand the intensifying interactions of science and society? It is the interdisciplinary field called science studies that provides us with a rich inventory of analytical approaches. They help us explore science as a practice, a subsystem, a culture, and an institution. Their joint ob...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Maasen, Sabine (Editor ), Winterhager, Matthias (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2001]
Edición:1. Aufl.
Colección:Sozialtheorie.
Temas:
Eugenics > History.
Science > Social aspects.
Eugénisme > Histoire.
Sciences > Aspect social.
Sociology.
Impact of science & technology on society.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Eugenics
Science > Social aspects
Wissenschaftssoziologie
(Produktform)Electronic book text
(BISAC Subject Heading)SOC026000
Science
Sociology
Sociology of Knowledge
Science, Sociology of Science, Sociology of Knowledge, Sociology
EBK: eBook
Sociology of Science
History
Aufsatzsammlung.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:How can we understand the intensifying interactions of science and society? It is the interdisciplinary field called science studies that provides us with a rich inventory of analytical approaches. They help us explore science as a practice, a subsystem, a culture, and an institution. Their joint observation: Science today is part and parcel of what has come to be known as 'knowledge society'. More than ever, knowledge production and consumption are in need of incessant monitoring and sophisticated reflection. Nine exemplary studies that inquire into, or are themselves examples of the dynamics of scientific knowledge, are included here: They cover issues as diverse as eugenics, climate research, and the role of historiography, and make use of different tools such as evolutionary reasoning, metaphor, and bibliometrics. Finally, they ponder the need for science to go public (PUS) as well as for society to regulate knowledge and to restructure universities as building blocks of our science system. Their joint message: Science studies can and should assume an active role in observing, reflecting, and communicating the intricate encounters of science and society today.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783839400647
3839400643

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