Anthropology and Science - Epistemologies in Practice (Paperback)

What does it mean to know something - scientifically, anthropologically, socially? What is the relationship between different forms of knowledge and ways of knowing? How is knowledge mobilised in society and to what ends? Drawing on ethnographic examples from across the world, and from the virtual and global "places" created by new information technologies, Anthropology and Science presents examples of living and dynamic epistemologies and practices, and of how scientific ways of knowing operate in the world. Authors address the nature of both scientific and experiential knowledge, and look at competing and alternative ideas about what it means to be human. The essays analyze the politics and ethics of positioning "science," "culture" or "society" as authoritative. They explore how certain modes of knowing are made authoritative and command allegiance (or not), and look at scientific and other rationalities - whether these challenge or are compatible with science.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	ASA Monographs
Release date:	March 2008
First published:	2007
Editors:	Jeanette Edwards • Penny Harvey • Peter Wade
Dimensions:	233 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-84520-500-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	1-84520-500-6
Barcode:	9781845205003

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