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Dreamscapes of Modernity (Paperback) Loot Price: R975
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Dreamscapes of Modernity (Paperback): Sheila Jasanoff

Dreamscapes of Modernity (Paperback)

Sheila Jasanoff

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Dreamscapes of Modernity offers the first book-length treatment of sociotechnical imaginaries, a concept originated by Sheila Jasanoff and developed in close collaboration with Sang-Hyun Kim to describe how visions of scientific and technological progress carry with them implicit ideas about public purposes, collective futures, and the common good. The book presents a mix of case studies-including nuclear power in Austria, Chinese rice biotechnology, Korean stem cell research, the Indonesian Internet, US bioethics, global health, and more-to illustrate how the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries can lead to more sophisticated understandings of the national and transnational politics of science and technology. A theoretical introduction sets the stage for the contributors' wide-ranging analyses, and a conclusion gathers and synthesizes their collective findings. The book marks a major theoretical advance for a concept that has been rapidly taken up across the social sciences and promises to become central to scholarship in science and technology studies.

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Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2015
Authors: Sheila Jasanoff
Dimensions: 227 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-27652-6
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN: 0-226-27652-X
Barcode: 9780226276526

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