Science, democracy, and the American university : from the Civil War to the Cold War /

"This book fundamentally reinterprets the rise of the natural and social sciences as sources of political authority in modern America. Andrew Jewett demonstrates the remarkable persistence of a belief that the scientific enterprise carried with it a set of ethical resources capable of grounding...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jewett, Andrew, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Democracy and science > United States.
Science and state > United States.
Science > United States > History.
Social sciences > United States > History.
Démocratie et sciences > États-Unis.
Politique scientifique et technique > États-Unis.
Sciences > États-Unis > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > General.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Social Aspects.
Democracy and science.
Science.
Science and state.
Social sciences.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : relating science and democracy
  • Founding hopes
  • Internal divisions
  • Science and philosophy
  • Scientific citizenship
  • The biology of culture
  • The problem of cultural change
  • Making scientific citizens
  • Science and its contexts
  • The problem of values
  • Two cultures
  • Accommodation
  • Conclusion : science and democracy in a new century.

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