Another science is possible

Another science is possible: a manifesto for slow science

by Stengers, Isabelle

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Like fast food, fast science is quickly prepared, not particularly good, and it clogs up the system. Efforts to tackle our most pressing issues have been stymied by conflict within the scientific community and mixed messages symptomatic of a rushed approach. What is more, scientific research is being shaped by the bubbles and crashes associated with economic speculation and the market. A focus on conformism, competitiveness, opportunism and flexibility has made it extremely difficult to present…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Another science is possible : a manifesto for slow science / Isabelle Stengers ; translated by Stephen Muecke.

Summary

Like fast food, fast science is quickly prepared, not particularly good, and it clogs up the system. Efforts to tackle our most pressing issues have been stymied by conflict within the scientific community and mixed messages symptomatic of a rushed approach. What is more, scientific research is being shaped by the bubbles and crashes associated with economic speculation and the market. A focus on conformism, competitiveness, opportunism and flexibility has made it extremely difficult to present cases of failure to the public, for fear that it will lose confidence in science altogether.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2018
  • Edition:English edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Polity Press
  • Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2018

The Physical Object

  • Description:vii, 163 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781509521807, 1509521801, 9781509521814, 150952181X
  • oclc:ocn989726783
  • LC Classification:Q180.A1
  • Dewey Decimal:501

Table of Contents

Towards a Public Intelligence of the Sciences -- Researchers With the Right Stuff -- Sciences and Values : How Can we Slow Down? -- Ludwik Fleck, Thomas Kuhn and the Challenge of Slowing Down the Sciences -- 'Another Science is Possible!' : A Plea for Slow Science -- Cosmopolitics : Civilising Modern Practices.

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Subjects

02.13 practice of science Recherche -- Aspect social Research -- Social aspects Science -- Philosophy Science -- Social aspects Sciences -- Aspect social

Writers

Stengers, Isabelle Muecke, Stephen

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