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Book SynopsisScience, Reason, Modernity: Readings for an Anthropology of the Contemporary provides an introduction to a legacy of philosophical and social scientific thinking about sciences, and their integral role in shaping modernities, a legacy that has contributed to a specifically anthropological form of inquiry.
Trade Review"Science, Reason, Modernity offers an introduction to an anthropological engagement with the epistemologies, the ethical possibilities and limitations, and the practical impact of the sciences-one that has no real precedent and stands as an important and generative alternative to the analytical frameworks that prevail in contemporary science and technology studies." -- -James Faubion Rice University
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Contemporary Equipment for Anthropological Problems of Modern Sciences Anthony Stavrianakis, Gaymon Bennett, and Lyle Fearnley I. Problems What Is Enlightenment? Immanuel Kant Science as a Vocation Max Weber Reconstruction as Seen Twenty-five Years Later John Dewey What Is Enlightenment? Michel Foucault II. Historical Problematizations The "Trial" of Theoretical Curiosity Hans Blumenberg Justifications of Curiosity as Preparation for the Enlightenment Hans Blumenberg The Question of Normality in the History of Biological Thought Georges Canguilhem The Living and Its Milieu Georges Canguilhem III. Ethics: Truth and Subjectivity The Hermeneutics of the Subject Michel Foucault The Courage of the Truth Michel Foucault Anthropos Today: Reflections on Modern Equipment Paul Rabinow Notes Index
