1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450292803321

Autore

Kitcher Philip <1947->

Titolo

Science, truth, and democracy / / Philip Kitcher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Oxford University Press Incorporated, 2001

ISBN

1-282-23516-8

0-19-803335-4

1-60256-714-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 pages)

Collana

Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Science

Soggetti

Science - Social aspects

Science - Philosophy

Sciences - General

Physical Sciences & Mathematics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Unacceptable images -- The world as we find it -- The ideal of objectivity -- The world as we make it -- Mapping reality -- Scientific significance -- The myth of purity -- Constraints on free inquiry -- Organizing inquiry -- Well-ordered science -- Elitism, democracy, and science policy -- Subversive truth and ideals of progress -- The Luddites' laments -- Research in an imperfect world.

Sommario/riassunto

"Closely examining some of our most deeply held notions about the role of science, distinguished philosopher Philip Kitcher engages the heated debate about how scientific knowledge should be pursued and employed. There currently exists a sharp divide between the purists who believe that the pursuit of scientific knowledge is always valuable and necessary and those who believe that it invariably serves the interests of the powerful. Kitcher rejects both perspectives, painting a pragmatic portrait of the sciences that allows for the possibility of scientific truth but nonetheless permits social consensus to determine which avenues to investigate."--Jacket.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450779703321

Titolo

Refashioning pop music in Asia : cosmopolitan flows, political tempos and aesthetic industries / / edited by Allen Chun, Ned Rossiter and Brian Shoesmith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-79150-3

1-135-79151-1

1-280-07711-5

0-203-69121-0

0-203-64183-3

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

ConsumAsiaN book series

Altri autori (Persone)

ChunAllen John Uck Lun <1952->

RossiterNed

ShoesmithBrian

Disciplina

306.4095

781.63/095

781.63095

Soggetti

Popular music - Asia - History and criticism

Popular music - Social aspects - Asia

Popular music - Political aspects - Asia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: cultural imaginaries, musical communities, reflexive practices; Musical cultures and culture industries; Capitalism and cultural relativity: the Thai pop industry, capitalism and Western cultural values; Popping the myth of Chinese rock; World music, cultural heteroglossia and indigenous capital: overlapping frequencies in the emergence of cosmopolitanism in Taiwan; Local appropriations: from nation-building to happy pop and folk resistance

The imagined community of Maa Tujhe Salaam: the global and the local



in the postcolonialGlobal industry, national politics: popular music in 'New Order' Indonesia; The case of the irritating song: Suman Chatterjee and modern Bengali music; Travelling theories, syncretic exoticisms, or diffusion by any other name?; Magical mystical tourism (debate dub version); 'Love Never Dies': romance and Christian symbolism in a Japanese rock video; Japanese popular music in Hong Kong: what does TK present?; Colonial desire, social memory and popular sensuality as performance genres

Raising the ante of desire: foreign female singers in a Japanese pop music worldPop music as postcolonial nostalgia in Taiwan; Popular music and interculturality: the dynamic presence of pop music in contemporary Balinese performance; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Examining the cultural, political, economic, technological and institutional aspects of popular music throughout Asia, this book is the first comprehensive analysis of Asian popular music and its cultural industries. Concentrating on the development of popular culture in its local socio-political context, the volume highlights how local appropriations of the pop music genre play an active rather than reactive role in manipulating global cultural and capital flows.Broad in geographical sweep and rich in contemporary examples, this work will appeal to those interested in Asian popular