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Autore |
Pels Dick <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Unhastening science [[electronic resource] ] : autonomy and reflexivity in the social theory of knowledge / / Dick Pels |
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Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-78138-697-8 |
1-84631-432-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in social and political thought ; ; 7 |
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Soggetti |
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Knowledge, Sociology of |
Science - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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