1st Edition
Knowledge Politics Governing the Consequences of Science and Technology
By Nico Stehr
Copyright 2005
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book argues that new technologies and society's response to them have created a relatively new phenomenon, "knowledge politics." Nico Stehr describes Western society's response to a host of new technologies developed only since the 1970s, including genetic experiments, test-tube human conception, recombinant DNA, and embryonic stem cells; genetically engineered foods; neurogenetics and... Read more
Preface; Overview; Introduction: A Millsian World of Knowledge; Chapter 1 Knowledge about Knowledge; Chapter 2 The Governance of Knowledge; Chapter 3 Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions; Chapter 4 The Moralization of the Market; Chapter 5 Globalization and Knowledge Politics;
Biography
Nico Stehr
