Unhastening Science: Autonomy and Reflexivity in the Social theory of Knowledge
Dick Pels
Abstract
This book offers an 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. The book offers an argument that emphasizes the dangers of cosseting science from the scourge of internal competition while at the same time highlighting the need for distance between the process of scientific thought and the fas ... More
Keywords: constructivist studies, relativist studies, science, technology, internal competition, scientific thought, politics, business, sports, media
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2003 | Print ISBN-13: 9780853236382 |
| Published to Liverpool Scholarship Online: June 2013 | DOI:10.5949/UPO9781846314322 |
