Pablo Kreimer

Science and Society in Latin America

Peripheral Modernities

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores some crucial topics in understanding the role of science in Latin America. It aims to show the various tensions that go through the production and use of knowledge, between centers and peripheries, challenging the hegemonic theoretical perspectives in social studies of science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780367218034
• ISBN-10: 0367218038
• Artikelnr.: 56384668

Inhaltsangabe

1. On Peripheral Modernities, Scientific Development, Complexities, and How
to Approach Them 2. Studying Scientific Development from Latin America:
Problems of Definition, Levels of Analysis, and Concepts 3. Social and
Scientific Problems-A View from the History of Science: Chagas Disease as a
Model (Part 1) 4. Three Theoretical Divertimentos: Chagas Disease as a
Model (Part 2) 5. Rowing Against the Tide? New Research Fields in
Peripheral Contexts: Molecular Biology from the Pioneers to the New
Genomics (1957-2017) 6. Controversies on the Periphery: To Treat or Not to
Treat (Chronic Chagas Disease Patients)? 7. Centers and Peripheries
Revisited-Internationalization of Latin American Science: From "Bricoleur"
Scientists to the International Division of Scientific Work 8.
Globalization or Neo-Imperialism?: Latin American Science in the Era of
Globalization 9. International Scientific Collaborations at the End of the
World: Local Resources and Global Research in Tierra del Fuego