Dreamscapes of modernity : sociotechnical imaginaries and the fabrication of power

The Resource Dreamscapes of modernity : sociotechnical imaginaries and the fabrication of power
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Dreamscapes of modernity : sociotechnical imaginaries and the fabrication of power
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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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eng
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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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non fiction
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