Unhastening Science
Autonomy and Reflexivity in the Social Theory of Knowledge
Description:... This book offers a new account of what makes science special among other human pursuits, engaging critically with a variety of approaches, especially constructivist and relativist studies of science and technology. It focuses on the studied lack of haste of science, its relative freedom from stress and its socially sanctioned withdrawal from the swift pace of ordinary life, ie the slower means of observation, experiment, comparison, inscription, unhastened conversation, protracted conflict and low-gear competition.
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