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The Governance of Science Ideology and the Future of the Open Society (Issues in Society)
by Steve Fuller
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0335202349
- ISBN 13
- 9780335202348
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- What does social and political theory have to say about the role of science in society?
* Do scientists and other professional enquirers have an unlimited 'right to be wrong'?
* What are the implications of capitalism and multiculturalism for the future of the university?
This ground-breaking text offers a fresh perspective on the governance of science from the standpoint of social and political theory. Science has often been seen as the only institution that embodies the elusive democratic ideal of the 'open society'. Yet, science remains an elite activity that commands much more public trust than understanding, even though science has become increasingly entangled with larger political and economic issues. Fuller proceeds by rejecting liberal and communitarian ideologies of science, in favour of a 'republican' approach centred on 'the right to be wrong'. He shows how the recent scaling up of scientific activity has undermined the republican ideal. The centrepiece of the book, a social history of the struggle to render the university a 'republic of science' focuses on the potential challenges posed by multiculturalism and capitalism. Finally, drawing on the science policy of the US New Deal, Fuller proposes nothing short of a new social contract for 'secularizing' science.
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- Bookseller
- The Canon Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 268
- Title
- The Governance of Science Ideology and the Future of the Open Society (Issues in Society)
- Author
- Steve Fuller
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0335202349
- ISBN 13
- 9780335202348
- Publisher
- Open University Press
- Place of Publication
- Buckingham
- Date Published
- May 2000
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About The Canon Bookshop
The Canon Bookshop is a retailer of secondhand nonfiction, academic, specialist books, antique books and collectables. I am an academic writer based in Haworth, West Yorkshire, otherwise known as 'Brontëville', the small town known as the home of the literary family. The collection was begun by my late father, who began it in the book-town of Hay-on-Wye, where he developed his book collecting skills working for 'The King of Hay' Richard Booth.
I stock predominately humanities, arts and social studies, from philosophy, politics, international relations, psychology and theology, and art theory, literary criticism and media, but I also have sciences and some fiction, including a small collection of Welsh writer Rhys Davies, including many personalised signed copies he gave as gifts to friends.
All books are secondhand but in good, solid condition.
I stock predominately humanities, arts and social studies, from philosophy, politics, international relations, psychology and theology, and art theory, literary criticism and media, but I also have sciences and some fiction, including a small collection of Welsh writer Rhys Davies, including many personalised signed copies he gave as gifts to friends.
All books are secondhand but in good, solid condition.
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