Home The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader by Sandra Harding (Editor) (ISBN: 9780822349365)

Stock photo: cover may vary

The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader Hardback - 2011

Name: The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader
Price: 95.65 GBP
Availability: InStock
Author: Sandra Harding
ISBN: 9780822349365

by Sandra Harding (Editor)

Add to wish list

Browse more copies for sale ↓

Reader reviews for The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader

Write a review for this book

Important Terms and Guidelines

Please focus on the book’s content and context. Also, add any personal comments as to how you enjoyed the book. Substantiate your likes and dislikes. You may make comparisons to other books.
Reviews must be at least 140 characters in length.
Please do not reveal critical plot elements.
This is not a help line. Contact customer support if you need help.

Your review must not include:

Obscenities, discriminatory language, or other insulting language not suitable for public domain
Advertisements, “spam” content, or references to other products, offers or websites.
Email addresses, URLs, phone numbers, physical addresses or other contact information.
Overly critical comments about other reviews or reviewers
Time-sensitive material (i.e. promotional tours, seminars, lectures, etc.)
Availability, price, or alternative ordering/shipping information

From the publisher

For twenty years, the renowned philosopher of science Sandra Harding has argued that science and technology studies, postcolonial studies, and feminist critique must inform one another. In The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader, Harding puts those fields in critical conversation, assembling the anthology that she has long wanted for classroom use. In classic and recent essays, international scholars from a range of disciplines think through a broad array of science and technology philosophies and practices. The contributors reevaluate conventional accounts of the West's scientific and technological projects in the past and present, rethink the strengths and limitations of non-Western societies' knowledge traditions, and assess the legacies of colonialism and imperialism. The collection concludes with forward-looking essays, which explore strategies for cultivating new visions of a multicultural, democratic world of sciences and for turning those visions into realities. Feminist science and technology concerns run throughout the reader and are the focus of several essays. Harding provides helpful background for each essay in her introductions to the reader's four sections.

Contributors
Helen Appleton
Karen Bckstrand
Lucille H. Brockway
Stephen B. Brush
Judith Carney
Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment
Arturo Escobar
Maria E. Fernandez
Ward H. Goodenough
Susantha Goonatilake
Sandra Harding
Steven J. Harris
Betsy Hartmann
Cori Hayden
Catherine L. M. Hill
John M. Hobson
Peter Mhlhusler
Catherine A. Odora Hoppers
Consuelo Quiroz
Jenny Reardon
Ella Reitsma
Ziauddin Sardar
Daniel Sarewitz
Londa Schiebinger
Catherine V. Scott
Colin Scott
Mary Terrall
D. Michael Warren

Details

Title The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader
Author Sandra Harding (Editor)
Binding Hardback
Pages 504
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Duke University Press
Publication date 2011-09
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
ISBN 9780822349365 / 0822349361
Weight 1.8 lbs (0.82 kg)
Dimensions 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.3 in (23.88 x 15.49 x 3.30 cm)
Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
Category Science
Library of Congress subjects Science and civilization, Science - Social aspects
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011006409
Dewey Decimal Code 303.483

About the author

Sandra Harding is Professor of Education and Women's Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her many books include Sciences from Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialities, and Modernities, also published by Duke University Press; The Feminist Standpoint Theory Reader: Intellectual and Political Controversies; Is Science Multicultural? Postcolonialisms, Feminisms, and Epistemologies; and The Science Question in Feminism.

More Copies for Sale