| Dreamscapes of Modernity: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and the Fabrication of Power Contributor(s): Jasanoff, Sheila (Editor), Kim, Sang-Hyun (Editor) |
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ISBN: 022627652X ISBN-13: 9780226276526 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $37.62 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - Technology & Engineering | History - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| LCCN: 2014050176 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 360 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dreamscapes of Modernity offers the first book-length treatment of sociotechnical imaginaries, a concept originated by Sheila Jasanoff and developed in close collaboration with Sang-Hyun Kim to describe how visions of scientific and technological progress carry with them implicit ideas about public purposes, collective futures, and the common good. The book presents a mix of case studies--including nuclear power in Austria, Chinese rice biotechnology, Korean stem cell research, the Indonesian Internet, US bioethics, global health, and more--to illustrate how the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries can lead to more sophisticated understandings of the national and transnational politics of science and technology. A theoretical introduction sets the stage for the contributors' wide-ranging analyses, and a conclusion gathers and synthesizes their collective findings. The book marks a major theoretical advance for a concept that has been rapidly taken up across the social sciences and promises to become central to scholarship in science and technology studies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jasanoff, Sheila: - Sheila Jasanoff is the Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School.Kim, Sang-Hyun: - Sang-Hyun Kim is associate professor at the Research Institute of Comparative History and Culture at Hanyang University in Korea. |