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Sociology of Science: A Critical Canadian Introduction provides an overview of the scientific enterprise using the techniques and tools of modern sociology with a particular emphasis on Canadian research.
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Sociology of Science: A Critical Canadian Introduction provides an overview of the scientific enterprise using the techniques and tools of modern sociology with a particular emphasis on Canadian research.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
- Seitenzahl: 184
- Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2011
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 150mm x 8mm
- Gewicht: 227g
- ISBN-13: 9780195429893
- ISBN-10: 0195429893
- Artikelnr.: 33371205
- Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
- Seitenzahl: 184
- Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2011
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 150mm x 8mm
- Gewicht: 227g
- ISBN-13: 9780195429893
- ISBN-10: 0195429893
- Artikelnr.: 33371205
Myra J. Hird is professor in the sociology and obstetrics/gynecology departments at Queen's University. Her research and teaching interests span the areas of science studies (including philosophy of science, sociology of scientific knowledge, and epistemology), health science, transdisciplinarity, knowledge mobilization, sexual difference, sexuality (including trans, transsex, and intersex), ethics and social justice, violence, feminist theory, and queer theory.
List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Science, Technology, and the Sociological Imagination
Science and Technology in Canadian Society
Science, Technology, and the Sociological Imagination
The Idea and Ideal of Modern Science
The Idea of Modern Science
The Ideal of Modern Science
Sociological Critiques of Science and Technology
We Have Never Been Modern
Science Never Replaced Religion
Science Has Never Been Pure
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 2: Science Is Social Relations: Part I
The Science Wars
Scientific Realism and Anti-Realism
Socially Constructed Matters of Fact
Why Science and Technology Are Social
The Political Economy of Science and Technology
Thought Collectives, Paradigms, and Normal Science
All Science Is Social
Everything Is Social Relations, but Not Everything Is Human
Science and Technology Mangles Humans and Other Entities
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 3: Science Is Social Relations: Part II
Introduction
Quantum Weirdness
Life Itself
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 4: How Science Is Social
Introduction
The Scientific Method
How Sociologists Study Science and Technology
Studying Scientists
Studying Laboratories
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 5: Science and/as Power
Introduction
Political Economies of Science and Technology
Feminist Science Studies
Women as Producers of Scientific Knowledge
Women and Knowledge
Women and the Environment
Women and Technology
Sex Differences and the History of Science
The Separation of Nature and Culture
Racialized, Indigenous, and Anti-Racist Science Studies
Re-thinking the Biology of Race
Race, Genes, and Health
The Human Genome Diversity Project
Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues
(Dis)Ability Science and Technology Studies
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 6: Values, Trust, and Public Engagement with Science and Technology
Good Science, Bad Science
Science and Values
Science and Trust
Public Understanding of Science and Knowledge Translation
Scientific Controversies
Knowledge Mobilization and Citizen Science
Key Terms
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Notes
Glossary
References
Index
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Science, Technology, and the Sociological Imagination
Science and Technology in Canadian Society
Science, Technology, and the Sociological Imagination
The Idea and Ideal of Modern Science
The Idea of Modern Science
The Ideal of Modern Science
Sociological Critiques of Science and Technology
We Have Never Been Modern
Science Never Replaced Religion
Science Has Never Been Pure
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 2: Science Is Social Relations: Part I
The Science Wars
Scientific Realism and Anti-Realism
Socially Constructed Matters of Fact
Why Science and Technology Are Social
The Political Economy of Science and Technology
Thought Collectives, Paradigms, and Normal Science
All Science Is Social
Everything Is Social Relations, but Not Everything Is Human
Science and Technology Mangles Humans and Other Entities
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 3: Science Is Social Relations: Part II
Introduction
Quantum Weirdness
Life Itself
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 4: How Science Is Social
Introduction
The Scientific Method
How Sociologists Study Science and Technology
Studying Scientists
Studying Laboratories
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 5: Science and/as Power
Introduction
Political Economies of Science and Technology
Feminist Science Studies
Women as Producers of Scientific Knowledge
Women and Knowledge
Women and the Environment
Women and Technology
Sex Differences and the History of Science
The Separation of Nature and Culture
Racialized, Indigenous, and Anti-Racist Science Studies
Re-thinking the Biology of Race
Race, Genes, and Health
The Human Genome Diversity Project
Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues
(Dis)Ability Science and Technology Studies
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 6: Values, Trust, and Public Engagement with Science and Technology
Good Science, Bad Science
Science and Values
Science and Trust
Public Understanding of Science and Knowledge Translation
Scientific Controversies
Knowledge Mobilization and Citizen Science
Key Terms
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Notes
Glossary
References
Index
List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Science, Technology, and the Sociological Imagination
Science and Technology in Canadian Society
Science, Technology, and the Sociological Imagination
The Idea and Ideal of Modern Science
The Idea of Modern Science
The Ideal of Modern Science
Sociological Critiques of Science and Technology
We Have Never Been Modern
Science Never Replaced Religion
Science Has Never Been Pure
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 2: Science Is Social Relations: Part I
The Science Wars
Scientific Realism and Anti-Realism
Socially Constructed Matters of Fact
Why Science and Technology Are Social
The Political Economy of Science and Technology
Thought Collectives, Paradigms, and Normal Science
All Science Is Social
Everything Is Social Relations, but Not Everything Is Human
Science and Technology Mangles Humans and Other Entities
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 3: Science Is Social Relations: Part II
Introduction
Quantum Weirdness
Life Itself
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 4: How Science Is Social
Introduction
The Scientific Method
How Sociologists Study Science and Technology
Studying Scientists
Studying Laboratories
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 5: Science and/as Power
Introduction
Political Economies of Science and Technology
Feminist Science Studies
Women as Producers of Scientific Knowledge
Women and Knowledge
Women and the Environment
Women and Technology
Sex Differences and the History of Science
The Separation of Nature and Culture
Racialized, Indigenous, and Anti-Racist Science Studies
Re-thinking the Biology of Race
Race, Genes, and Health
The Human Genome Diversity Project
Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues
(Dis)Ability Science and Technology Studies
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 6: Values, Trust, and Public Engagement with Science and Technology
Good Science, Bad Science
Science and Values
Science and Trust
Public Understanding of Science and Knowledge Translation
Scientific Controversies
Knowledge Mobilization and Citizen Science
Key Terms
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Notes
Glossary
References
Index
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Science, Technology, and the Sociological Imagination
Science and Technology in Canadian Society
Science, Technology, and the Sociological Imagination
The Idea and Ideal of Modern Science
The Idea of Modern Science
The Ideal of Modern Science
Sociological Critiques of Science and Technology
We Have Never Been Modern
Science Never Replaced Religion
Science Has Never Been Pure
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 2: Science Is Social Relations: Part I
The Science Wars
Scientific Realism and Anti-Realism
Socially Constructed Matters of Fact
Why Science and Technology Are Social
The Political Economy of Science and Technology
Thought Collectives, Paradigms, and Normal Science
All Science Is Social
Everything Is Social Relations, but Not Everything Is Human
Science and Technology Mangles Humans and Other Entities
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 3: Science Is Social Relations: Part II
Introduction
Quantum Weirdness
Life Itself
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 4: How Science Is Social
Introduction
The Scientific Method
How Sociologists Study Science and Technology
Studying Scientists
Studying Laboratories
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 5: Science and/as Power
Introduction
Political Economies of Science and Technology
Feminist Science Studies
Women as Producers of Scientific Knowledge
Women and Knowledge
Women and the Environment
Women and Technology
Sex Differences and the History of Science
The Separation of Nature and Culture
Racialized, Indigenous, and Anti-Racist Science Studies
Re-thinking the Biology of Race
Race, Genes, and Health
The Human Genome Diversity Project
Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues
(Dis)Ability Science and Technology Studies
Summary
Key Terms
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Chapter 6: Values, Trust, and Public Engagement with Science and Technology
Good Science, Bad Science
Science and Values
Science and Trust
Public Understanding of Science and Knowledge Translation
Scientific Controversies
Knowledge Mobilization and Citizen Science
Key Terms
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Websites and Films
Notes
Glossary
References
Index