Description
Book SynopsisMakes the argument that the philosophy and practices of Western science, contrary to its enlightenment mission, work to insure that more science will only worsen the gaps between the best and worst off around the world.
Trade Review"Harding has for decades set the terms of liberatory science studies that have moved the dialogues forward in substantial ways, and she continues to do so in her latest book."--
Signs"[Harding] continues to be one of very few philosophers who has worked consistently and courageously to make science live up to both its epistemic and its emancipatory potential."--
Philosophy in Review"Science and Social Inequality, a collection of foundational and innovative work from a leading thinker in feminist science studies, is valuable in many ways: as a reference work, as an historical overview of crucial debates in feminist science studies, and as a powerful contribution to current efforts to push those debates forward into new and vital territories."--NWSA Journal
"This is a book we all need. We are now at a watershed where critical, scholarly thinking about science is concerned. Conventional views about the nature and authority of science have been challenged from a number of directions in the last thirty years. . . . The time has come to compare the insights offered by these diverse lines of analysis and take stock of the lessons they offer, not just for purposes of appraising scholarly and popular views of science, but in order to chart a way forward--both for the sciences themselves and for the conjoint disciplines of science studies."--Alison Wylie, author of
Thinking from Things: Essays in the Philosophy of Archaeology"Reading
Science and Social Inequality deepens the clarity and constancy of Harding's particular feminist vision. That this book has the courage to raise macro issues rather than follow the crowd says she is still raising the stakes."--Hilary Rose, author of
Love, Power and Knowledge
