Scandalous Knowledge: Science, Truth, and the Human

by Barbara Herrnstein Smith

Book Overview

Throughout the recent culture and science "wars," the radically new conceptions of knowledge and science emerging from such fields as the history and sociology of science have been denounced by various journalists, scientists, and academics as irresponsible attacks on science, absurd denials of objective reality, or a cynical abandonment of truth itself. In Scandalous Knowledge , Barbara Herrnstein Smith explores and illuminates the intellectual contexts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822338483
• ISBN13: 9780822338482
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"