Red, Black, and Objective

Science, Sociology, and Anarchism
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-26094-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Drawing on the empirical findings generated by researchers in science studies, and adopting Kropotkin's concept of anarchism as one of the social sciences, Red, Black, and Objective expounds and develops an anarchist account of science as a social construction and social institution. Restivo's account is at once normative, analytical, organizational, and policy oriented, in particular with respect to education. With attention to the social practices and discourse of science, this book engages with the works of Feyerabend and Nietzsche, as well as philosophers and historians of objectivity to ground an anarchistic sociology of science. Marx and Durkheim figure prominently in this account as precursors of the contemporary science studies perspective on the perennial question, "What is science?" The result is an approach to understanding the science-and-society nexus that is at once an extension of Restivo's earlier work and a novel adaptation of the anarchist agenda. Red, Black, and Objective is an exploration by one of the founders of the science studies movement of questions in theory, practice, values, and policy. As such, it will appeal to those with interests in science and technology studies, social theory, and sociology and philosophy of science and technology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Restivo, Sal

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Anarchismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Objectivity Revisited and Revised; Chapter 2 The Social Theory of Objectivity and Its Problems; Chapter 3 Sociology; Chapter 4 Science Studies; Chapter 5 Math Studies and the Anarchist Agenda; Chapter 6 Anarchism and Modern Science; Chapter 7 What’s Mind Got To Do With It?; Chapter 8 Science, Religion, and Anarchism; Chapter 9 A Manifesto in Anarcho-Sociology;

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Sal Restivo is Professor of Sociology, Science Studies and Information Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York; Special Lecture Professor in STS at Northeastern University in Shenyang, China; a former Special Professor of Mathematics Education at Nottingham University, UK; and a former Hixon/Riggs Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Harvey Mudd College. A founder of the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and pioneer in ethnographic studies of science, he is a founding member and former president of the Society for Social Studies of Science and co-author of Science, Technology and Society, author of Science Society and Values, and The Sociological Worldview, and editor-in-chief of Science, Technology, and Society: An Encyclopedia.