Science and Technology in a Multicultural World : : The Cultural Politics of Facts and Artifacts / / David J. Hess.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Hess, David J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1995]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; 1. Introduction --; 2. The Cultural Construction of Science and Technology --; 3. The Origins of Western Science: Technototems in the Scientific Revolution --; 4. Temporal Cultures and Technoscience --; 5. The Social Relations and Structures of Scientific and Technical Communities --; 6. Science and Technology at Large: Cultural Reconstruction in Broader Society --; 7. Other Ways of Knowing and Doing: The Ethnoknowledges and Non-Western Medicines --; 8. Cosmopolitan Technologies, Native Peoples, and Resistance Struggles --; 9. Conclusions: Science, Technology, and the Multicultural Education --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231890168; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/hess92728
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: David J. Hess.

Looks at what researchers of science and technology, principally anthropologists, historians, philosophers, political scientists, and sociologists have to say about ethical dilemmas, political conflicts, and economic impacts associated with innovations.