The Resource Science under fire : challenges to scientific authority in modern America, Andrew Jewett
Science under fire : challenges to scientific authority in modern America, Andrew Jewett
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- Summary
- "Americans today are often skeptical of scientific authority. Many conservatives dismiss climate change and Darwinism as liberal fictions, arguing that "tenured radicals" have coopted the sciences and other disciplines. Some progressives, especially in the universities, worry that science's celebration of objectivity and neutrality masks its attachment to Eurocentric and patriarchal values. As we grapple with the implications of climate change and revolutions in fields from biotechnology to robotics to computing, it is crucial to understand how scientific authority functions-and where it has run up against political and cultural barriers. Science under Fire reconstructs a century of battles over the cultural implications of science in the United States. Andrew Jewett reveals a persistent current of criticism which maintains that scientists have injected faulty social philosophies into the nation's bloodstream under the cover of neutrality. This charge of corruption has taken many forms and appeared among critics with a wide range of social, political, and theological views, but common to all is the argument that an ideologically compromised science has produced an array of social ills. Jewett shows that this suspicion of science has been a major force in American politics and culture by tracking its development, varied expressions, and potent consequences since the 1920s. Looking at today's battles over science, Jewett argues that citizens and leaders must steer a course between, on the one hand, the naïve image of science as a pristine, value-neutral form of knowledge, and, on the other, the assumption that scientists' claims are merely ideologies masquerading as truths"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 356 pages
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Contents
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- Introduction: Science as a cultural threat
- Mental modernization
- Resisting the modern
- Science and the state
- Social engineering
- Modernity and scientisim
- Humanistic opposition
- A new right
- Cross-fertilization
- A new left
- Skepticism instantiated
- Science as culture
- Conclusion: Humanizing science
- Isbn
- 9780674987913
- Label
- Science under fire : challenges to scientific authority in modern America
- Title
- Science under fire
- Title remainder
- challenges to scientific authority in modern America
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrew Jewett
- Subject
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- Science -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Science -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Science -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-2099
- Science -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Science -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Truthfulness and falsehood -- Political aspects -- United States
- Science -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Political culture -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Americans today are often skeptical of scientific authority. Many conservatives dismiss climate change and Darwinism as liberal fictions, arguing that "tenured radicals" have coopted the sciences and other disciplines. Some progressives, especially in the universities, worry that science's celebration of objectivity and neutrality masks its attachment to Eurocentric and patriarchal values. As we grapple with the implications of climate change and revolutions in fields from biotechnology to robotics to computing, it is crucial to understand how scientific authority functions-and where it has run up against political and cultural barriers. Science under Fire reconstructs a century of battles over the cultural implications of science in the United States. Andrew Jewett reveals a persistent current of criticism which maintains that scientists have injected faulty social philosophies into the nation's bloodstream under the cover of neutrality. This charge of corruption has taken many forms and appeared among critics with a wide range of social, political, and theological views, but common to all is the argument that an ideologically compromised science has produced an array of social ills. Jewett shows that this suspicion of science has been a major force in American politics and culture by tracking its development, varied expressions, and potent consequences since the 1920s. Looking at today's battles over science, Jewett argues that citizens and leaders must steer a course between, on the one hand, the naïve image of science as a pristine, value-neutral form of knowledge, and, on the other, the assumption that scientists' claims are merely ideologies masquerading as truths"--
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- 1970-
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- Jewett, Andrew
- Dewey number
- 303.48/30973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Q175.52.U5
- LC item number
- J49 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Science
- Science
- Science
- Science
- Science
- Science
- Political culture
- Truthfulness and falsehood
- Label
- Science under fire : challenges to scientific authority in modern America, Andrew Jewett
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
- Introduction: Science as a cultural threat -- Mental modernization -- Resisting the modern -- Science and the state -- Social engineering -- Modernity and scientisim -- Humanistic opposition -- A new right -- Cross-fertilization -- A new left -- Skepticism instantiated -- Science as culture -- Conclusion: Humanizing science
- Control code
- on1114346243
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 356 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674987913
- Lccn
- 2019044010
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1114346243
- Label
- Science under fire : challenges to scientific authority in modern America, Andrew Jewett
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Science as a cultural threat -- Mental modernization -- Resisting the modern -- Science and the state -- Social engineering -- Modernity and scientisim -- Humanistic opposition -- A new right -- Cross-fertilization -- A new left -- Skepticism instantiated -- Science as culture -- Conclusion: Humanizing science
- Control code
- on1114346243
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 356 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674987913
- Lccn
- 2019044010
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1114346243
Subject
- Science -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Science -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Science -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-2099
- Science -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Science -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Truthfulness and falsehood -- Political aspects -- United States
- Science -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Political culture -- United States
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