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Dreamscapes of modernity : sociotechnical imaginaries and the fabrication of power, edited by Sheila Jasanoff and Sang-Hyun Kim

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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<U+0127> �including nuclear power in Austria, Chinese rice biotechnology, Korean stem cell research, the Indonesian Internet, US bioethics, global health, and more<U+0127> �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.--
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eng
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354 pages
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  • 1. Future Imperfect: Science, Technology, and the Imaginations of Modernity Sheila Jasanoff 2. Cecil Rhodes and the Making of a Sociotechnical Imaginary for South Africa William K. Storey 3. Our Monsters, Ourselves: Reimagining the Problem of Knowledge in Cold War America Michael A. Dennis 4. Imagining a Modern Rwanda: Sociotechnical Imaginaries, Information Technology, and the Postgenocide State Warigia Bowman 5. Keeping Technologies Out: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and the Formation of Austria's Technopolitical Identity Ulrike Felt 6. Remembering the Future: Science, Law and the Legacy of Asilomar J. Benjamin Hurlbut 7. Social Movements and Contested Sociotechnical Imaginaries in South Korea Sang-Hyun Kim 8. Building from the Outside In: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Civil Society in New Order Indonesia Suzanne Moon 9. Guerilla Engineers: The Internet and the Politics of Freedom in Indonesia Joshua Barker 10. Consuming Biotechnology: Genetically Modified Rice in China Nancy N. Chen 11. Imaginaries of Science and Society: Framing Nanotechnology Governance in Germany and the United States Regula Valérie Burri 12. Corporate Imaginaries of Biotechnology and Global Governance: Syngenta, Golden Rice, and Corporate Social Responsibility Elta Smith 13. Globalizing Security: Science and the Transformation of Contemporary Political Imagination Clark A. Miller 14.Global Health Security and the Pathogenic Imaginary Andrew Lakoff 15.Imagined and Invented Worlds Sheila Jasanoff
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9780226276496
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Dreamscapes of modernity : sociotechnical imaginaries and the fabrication of power
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Dreamscapes of modernity
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sociotechnical imaginaries and the fabrication of power
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edited by Sheila Jasanoff and Sang-Hyun Kim
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Editor
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Language
eng
Summary
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<U+0127> �including nuclear power in Austria, Chinese rice biotechnology, Korean stem cell research, the Indonesian Internet, US bioethics, global health, and more<U+0127> �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.--
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Jasanoff, Sheila
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non fiction
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1967-
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Kim, Sang-Hyun
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Dreamscapes of modernity : sociotechnical imaginaries and the fabrication of power, edited by Sheila Jasanoff and Sang-Hyun Kim
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Publication
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents
1. Future Imperfect: Science, Technology, and the Imaginations of Modernity Sheila Jasanoff 2. Cecil Rhodes and the Making of a Sociotechnical Imaginary for South Africa William K. Storey 3. Our Monsters, Ourselves: Reimagining the Problem of Knowledge in Cold War America Michael A. Dennis 4. Imagining a Modern Rwanda: Sociotechnical Imaginaries, Information Technology, and the Postgenocide State Warigia Bowman 5. Keeping Technologies Out: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and the Formation of Austria's Technopolitical Identity Ulrike Felt 6. Remembering the Future: Science, Law and the Legacy of Asilomar J. Benjamin Hurlbut 7. Social Movements and Contested Sociotechnical Imaginaries in South Korea Sang-Hyun Kim 8. Building from the Outside In: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Civil Society in New Order Indonesia Suzanne Moon 9. Guerilla Engineers: The Internet and the Politics of Freedom in Indonesia Joshua Barker 10. Consuming Biotechnology: Genetically Modified Rice in China Nancy N. Chen 11. Imaginaries of Science and Society: Framing Nanotechnology Governance in Germany and the United States Regula Valérie Burri 12. Corporate Imaginaries of Biotechnology and Global Governance: Syngenta, Golden Rice, and Corporate Social Responsibility Elta Smith 13. Globalizing Security: Science and the Transformation of Contemporary Political Imagination Clark A. Miller 14.Global Health Security and the Pathogenic Imaginary Andrew Lakoff 15.Imagined and Invented Worlds Sheila Jasanoff
Control code
FIEb17784992
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
354 pages
Isbn
9780226276496
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unmediated
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rdamedia.
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)898161655
Label
Dreamscapes of modernity : sociotechnical imaginaries and the fabrication of power, edited by Sheila Jasanoff and Sang-Hyun Kim
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
1. Future Imperfect: Science, Technology, and the Imaginations of Modernity Sheila Jasanoff 2. Cecil Rhodes and the Making of a Sociotechnical Imaginary for South Africa William K. Storey 3. Our Monsters, Ourselves: Reimagining the Problem of Knowledge in Cold War America Michael A. Dennis 4. Imagining a Modern Rwanda: Sociotechnical Imaginaries, Information Technology, and the Postgenocide State Warigia Bowman 5. Keeping Technologies Out: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and the Formation of Austria's Technopolitical Identity Ulrike Felt 6. Remembering the Future: Science, Law and the Legacy of Asilomar J. Benjamin Hurlbut 7. Social Movements and Contested Sociotechnical Imaginaries in South Korea Sang-Hyun Kim 8. Building from the Outside In: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Civil Society in New Order Indonesia Suzanne Moon 9. Guerilla Engineers: The Internet and the Politics of Freedom in Indonesia Joshua Barker 10. Consuming Biotechnology: Genetically Modified Rice in China Nancy N. Chen 11. Imaginaries of Science and Society: Framing Nanotechnology Governance in Germany and the United States Regula Valérie Burri 12. Corporate Imaginaries of Biotechnology and Global Governance: Syngenta, Golden Rice, and Corporate Social Responsibility Elta Smith 13. Globalizing Security: Science and the Transformation of Contemporary Political Imagination Clark A. Miller 14.Global Health Security and the Pathogenic Imaginary Andrew Lakoff 15.Imagined and Invented Worlds Sheila Jasanoff
Control code
FIEb17784992
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
354 pages
Isbn
9780226276496
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)898161655

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