Screen LibraryThe culture and power of knowledge : inquiries into contemporary societies /
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| Group Author: | ; |
| Published: |
De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[1992] ©1992 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110847765 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110847765.jpg |
| Carrier Form: |
1 online resource(xi,397pages) : illustrations Also available in print edition. |
| Bibliography: | 4 schw.-w. Abb., 2 schw.-w. Tab. |
| ISBN: | 9783110847765 |
| Index Number: | CB430 |
| CLC: | K103 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- The Culture and Power of Knowledge in Modern Society / Introduction / A Critical View of Modernity / The Techno-structures of Society / Some Observations on "Post-modern" Society / The Idols of Technology / Life-world and Expertise: Social Production of Dependency / Experts, Counsellors and Advisers / Knowledge as Product and Property / Modem Society as a Risk Society / Science as a Societal Risk Producer: A General Model of Intersystemic Dynamics, and some Specific Institutional Determinants of Research Behavior / Social Conflicts about the Definition of Risks: The Role of Science / The Changed World Economy / Global Change and Economic Policy / Learning and the Economy / Scientific Evidence and the Regulation of Technical Risks: Twenty Years of Demythologizing the Experts / Expertise as a Network: A Case Study of the Controversies over the Environmental Release of Genetically Engineered Organisms / Expert Advice and Pragmatic Rationality / On the Authors -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- Backmatter. |