Reconfiguring Truth
Postmodernism, Science Studies, and the Search for a New Model of Knowledge
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | Steven C. Ward | ISBN: | 9781461641865 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Publication: | October 4, 1996 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Language: | English |
| Author: | Steven C. Ward |
| ISBN: | 9781461641865 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publication: | October 4, 1996 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Language: | English |
This refreshingly original book links the postmodern critique of notions such as 'reality' and 'truth' with approaches to knowledge found in science and technology studies (STS), a field also discontent with traditional epistemology. Exploring STS approaches to knowledge, such as actor-network theory, Ward forges a path through the impasse of the modernism vs. postmodernism debate. Reconfiguring Knowledge is an important work for social scientists and theorists, philosophers, historians, and scholars of science and technology.
This refreshingly original book links the postmodern critique of notions such as 'reality' and 'truth' with approaches to knowledge found in science and technology studies (STS), a field also discontent with traditional epistemology. Exploring STS approaches to knowledge, such as actor-network theory, Ward forges a path through the impasse of the modernism vs. postmodernism debate. Reconfiguring Knowledge is an important work for social scientists and theorists, philosophers, historians, and scholars of science and technology.
