Bibliograph

The workshop and the world, what ten thinkers can teach us about science and authority, Robert P. Crease

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The workshop and the world, what ten thinkers can teach us about science and authority, Robert P. Crease

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The workshop and the world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1037807472

Responsibility statement

Robert P. Crease

Sub title

what ten thinkers can teach us about science and authority

Summary

As today<U+2019>s politicians and government officials increasingly accuse scientists of dishonesty, conspiracy, and even hoaxes, engaged citizens can<U+2019>t help but wonder how we got to this level of distrust and how we can emerge from it. This book tells dramatic stories of individuals who confronted fierce opposition<U+2015>and sometimes risked their lives<U+2015>in describing the proper authority of science, and it examines how ignorance and misuse of science constitute the preeminent threat to human life and culture. An essential, timely exploration of what it means to practice science for the common good as well as the danger of political action divorced from science, The Workshop and the World helps us understand both the origins of our current moment of great anti-science rhetoric and what we can do to help keep the modern world from falling apart

Table Of Contents

Francis Bacon's New Atlantis -- Galileo and the authority of science -- Rene Descartes : workshop thinking -- Giambattista Vico : going mad rationally -- Mary Shelley's hideous idea -- Auguste Comte's religion of humanity -- Max Weber : authority and bureaucracy -- Kemal Atatørk : science and patriotism -- Edmund Husserl : cultural crisis -- Hannah Arendt : action -- Conclusion

Target audience

adult

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