Cosmopolitics I
(Paperback)
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Published: 5th October 2010
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Published: 5th November 2011
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Published: 5th November 2011
Publishing Details
Cosmopolitics I
By (Author) Isabelle Stengers
Translated by Robert Bononno
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
5th October 2010
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Impact of science and technology on society
500
Physical Properties
Paperback
272
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 38mm
Description
From Einstein's quest for a unified field theory to Stephen Hawking's belief that we "would know the mind of God" through such a theory, contemporary scienceand physics in particularhas claimed that it alone possesses absolute knowledge of the universe. In a sweeping work of philosophical inquiry, originally published in French in seven volumes, Isabelle Stengers builds on her previous intellectual accomplishments to explore the role and authority of science in modern societies and to challenge its pretensions to objectivity, rationality, and truth.
Author Bio
Isabelle Stengers is professor of philosophy at the Free University of Brussels. Among her other books available in English are The Invention of Modern Science (Minnesota, 2000) and Power and Invention: Situating Science (Minnesota, 1997).
Robert Bononno, a teacher and translator, lives in New York City. His most recent translation is Psychoanalysis and the Challenge of Islam (Minnesota, 2009).
