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Agnotology

The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
312 Seiten
Englisch
Stanford University Presserschienen am12.05.2008
Agnotology-the study of how ignorance is produced and maintained-introduces a new and much-needed perspective for scholars across all fields of research, including the humanities and social sciences, business organization, and environmental policy and the law.mehr

Produkt

KlappentextAgnotology-the study of how ignorance is produced and maintained-introduces a new and much-needed perspective for scholars across all fields of research, including the humanities and social sciences, business organization, and environmental policy and the law.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-8047-5901-4
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
FormatTrade Paperback (USA)
Erscheinungsjahr2008
Erscheinungsdatum12.05.2008
Seiten312 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 226 mm, Höhe 150 mm, Dicke 20 mm
Gewicht474 g
Artikel-Nr.14419201

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents Prefacexxx 1.Agnotology: A Missing Term to Describe the Cultural Production of Ignorance (and its Study) Robert N. Proctor1 Part I.Secrecy, Selection, and Suppression 2.Removing Knowledge: The Logic of Modern Censorship Peter Galison000 3.Challenging Knowledge: How Climate Science Became a Victim of the Cold War Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway000 4.Manufactured Uncertainty: Contested Science and the Protection of the Public's Health and Environment David M. Michaels000 5.Coming To Understand: Orgasm and the Epistemology of Ignorance Nancy Tuana000 Part II.Lost Knowledge, Lost Worlds 6.West Indian Abortifacients and the Cultural Production of Ignorance Londa Schiebinger000 7.Suppression of Indigenous Fossil Knowledge: From Claverack, New York 1705 to Agate Springs, Nebraska, 2005 Adrienne Mayor000 8.Agnotology in/of Archaeology Alison Wylie000 Part III.Theorizing Ignorance 9.Social Theories of Ignorance Michael J. Smithson000 10.White Ignorance Charles W. Mills000 11.Risk Management vs. the Precautionary Principle: Agnotology as a Strategy in the Debate over Genetically Engineered Organisms David Magnus000 12.Smoking Out Objectivity: Journalistic Gears in the Agnotology Machine Jon Christensen000 Notes000 List of Contributors000 Index000mehr

Autor

Robert N. Proctor is Professor of the History of Science at Stanford University and the author of The Nazi War on Cancer (1999) and Cancer Wars: How Politics Shapes What We Know and Don't Know (1995). Londa Schiebinger is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science and the Barbara D. Finberg Director of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. Her recent books include Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World (2004) and Gendered Innovations in Science and Engineering (forthcoming from Stanford).
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