Scientific Cultures – Technological Challenges
A Transatlantic Perspective
1. Edition, 2009
244 Pages
ISBN: 978-3-8253-5580-7
Product: Book
Edition: Hardcover
Subject: Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Series: Publikationen der Bayerischen Amerika-Akademie / Publications of the Bavarian American Academy, Volume No.: 8
Out of Print since: 17.03.2021
Keywords:
Naturwissenschaft, literarisierte, Interdisziplinarität, Wissenschaftspolitik, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Objektivität, Ethik in den Wissenschaften, Kulturtechniken der Wissenschaft, Naturwissenschaft, Technologiediskurse
In 11 original essays highly reputed scholars from both the United States and Europe take a fresh look at the plurality of contemporary scientific cultures and their respective methodologies and discursive practices. While some investigate recent advancements in life and computer sciences (nanotechnologies, robotics, genetic coding, electronic communication and databases etc.) and their repercussions in the social and political field, others discuss new approaches, especially in the humanities, that may help to bridge the gulf between the “two cultures” (C.P. Snow) and open up new perspectives for ‘cross-cultural’ fertilization. Each essay – if to varying degrees – also probes the regulatory political and institutional mechanisms that determine both the success and public acceptance and reputation of specific scientific cultures, particularly with respect to scientific ethics and the frequently invoked ‘moral’ obligation of scientists and researchers.
Contrib. by: Klaus Benesch, Ursula Heise, Hanjo Berressen, Suzanne Nalbantian, Joseph Tabbi, Peter Freese, Alondra Nelson, Robin Morris Collin, Heike Mayer, David Nye, Denise E. Pilato, Rebecca Slayton
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Jen Schneider in: Technology And Culture, Jan 2011, vol. 52, 228f
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