Science and Social Inequality: Feminist and Postcolonial Issues

by Sandra G. Harding

Book Overview

In Science and Social Inequality, Sandra Harding makes the provocative argument that the philosophy and practices of today's Western science, contrary to its Enlightenment mission, work to insure that more science will only worsen existing gaps between the best and worst off around the world. She defends this claim by exposing the ways that hierarchical social formations in modern Western sciences encode antidemocratic principles and practices,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252073045
• ISBN13: 9780252073045
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"