Unhastening Science: Autonomy and Reflexivity in the Social theory of Knowledge

Dick Pels

Unhastening Science

Autonomy and Reflexivity in the Social theory of Knowledge

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This book offers a new 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. Unhastening Science offers a balanced and thoughtful argument which emphasises 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 faster machinery of politics, business, sports, and the media.

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Autonomy and Reflexivity in the Social theory of Knowledge

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgments
pp ix-x

1 - The Timescape of Science
pp 1-24

2 - What (Again) is So Special about Science?
pp 25-50

3 - Two Traditions in the Social Theory of Knowledge
pp 51-73

4 - The Natural Proximity of Facts and Values
pp 74-107

5 - Knowledge Politics and Anti-Politics: Bourdieu on Science and Intellectuals
pp 108-129

6 - The Politics of Symmetry
pp 130-156

7 - Reflexivity: One Step Up
pp 157-178

8 - Intellectual Autonomy and the Politics of Slow Motion
pp 179-216

Epilogue: Weak Social Theory
pp 217-221

Notes
pp 222-245

Bibliography
pp 246-268

Index
pp 269-274

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