Value-Free Science? Purity and Power in Modern Knowledge |
|
| Author:
| Proctor, Robert N. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-93170-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1991 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
|
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $176.95 |
Book Description:
|
Proctor lucidly demonstrates how value-neutrality is a reaction to larger political developments, including the use of science by government and industry, the specialization of professional disciplines, and the efforts to stifle intellectual freedoms or to politicize the world of the academy.
Proctor lucidly demonstrates how value-neutrality is a reaction to larger political developments, including the use of science by government and industry, the specialization of professional disciplines, and the efforts to stifle intellectual freedoms or to politicize the world of the academy.