Frontiers of Illusion Science, Technology, and the Politics of Progress

Name: Frontiers of Illusion Science, Technology, and the Politics of Progress
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ISBN: 9781566394161

ISBN-10: 1566394163

ISBN-13: 9781566394161

Edition: 1996

Authors: Daniel Sarewitz

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For the past fifty years, science and technology-supported with billions of dollars from the U.S. government-have advanced at a rate that would once have seemed miraculous, while society's problems have grown more intractable, complex, and diverse. Yet scientists and politicians alike continue to prescribe more science and more technology to cure such afflictions as global climate change, natural resource depletion, overpopulation, inadequate health care, weapons proliferation, and economic inequality.Daniel Sarewitz scrutinizes the fundamental myths that have guided the formulation of science policy for half a century-myths that serve the professional and political interests of the…

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List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 5/24/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface



The End of the Age of PhysicsScience and Technology Policy


Policy Goals and Policy Myths


Beyond the Age of Physics: Science, Technology, and Reality



The Myth of Infinite Benefit



The Myth of Unfettered Research


External Fetters: Teapot in a Tempest


Internal Fetters: The Maleness of the System


Unfettered Reality



The Myth of Accountability



The Myth of Authoritativeness


DNA Fingerprinting: Disorder in the Court


Global Climate Change: An Atmosphere of Uncertainty


Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: Getting It Right (by Accident)


Authoritative Politics



The Myth of the Endless Frontier


Endless Frontier, Finite Earth


Moral Science



Pas de Trois: Science, Technology, and the Marketplace


The Sound of Invisible Hands Clapping


Nobody's Partner



Science as a Surrogate for Social Action


Sickness Care


The Best Defense


Tailoring People to Taste



Toward a New Mythology


Five Policy Suggestions



Expanding Diversity



Integrating the Human Element



Honest Brokers



Introducing Democracy



The Global R & D Community


The Search for Ellipses


Notes


Index