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The science communication challenge : truth and disagreement in democratic knowledge societies / Gitte Meyer

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: London : Anthem Press, [2018]Description: 1 Online-RessourceISBN:
  • 9781783087549
  • 1783087544
  • 1783087536
  • 9781783087532
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 1783087536 | 1783087544. | 9781783087532 | 9781783087549. | Erscheint auch als: The Science Communication Challenge : Truth and Disagreement in Democratic Knowledge Societies. Druck-Ausgabe London : Anthem Press,c2018DDC classification:
  • 501.4
  • 501/.4 23
Local classification: Lokale Notation: soz 2.26LOC classification:
  • Q223
Online resources: Summary: 'The Science Communication Challenge' explores and discusses the whys - as distinct from the hows - of science communication. Arguing that the dominant science communication paradigm is didactic, and tracing the origins of that paradigm, it makes the case for a political category of science communication, aimed at furthering discussions of science-related public affairsSummary: A Possible Exit from the Elitismâ#x80;#x93;Populism AxisScience communication as practical reasoning and scientists as citizens; Western disagreements and their possible global uses; Enlightening tensions and the benefits of contradiction; Notes; End Matter; Bibliography; IndexSummary: Belief and scepticismInfluences from economic and social developments; â#x80;#x98;Things, not wordsâ#x80;#x99;; Anti-intellectualism?; Waves of Science Enthusiasm; The great awakening of the 1960s; Another wave of science communication enthusiasm; Varieties of Knowledge; Interpretation and realism; Varieties of science communication: Didactics and dialectics; Notes; Chapter 3 The Elusive Concept of the Modern Public; The Ancient Idea of the Masses and the Elites; The modern inversion of the ancient idea; Leisure, learning and social distinction; Fear of the barbarians: Variations on a themeSummary: Cover; Front Matter; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Snapshots; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1-5; Chapter 1 Science Communication in Democratic Knowledge Societies; Truth and Disagreement; Knowledge Societies as Civil Societies; Truth versus Falsity â#x80;#x93; and Different Points of View; Social and Political Animals; Science and Science Communication as Intellectual Activities; Overview; Notes; Chapter 2 Science As â#x80;#x98;Universal Lightâ#x80;#x99;; Modern Science as a Movement; Influences from religious truth-seeking and strife; Anti-enthusiastic enthusiasmSummary: Dialogue in vogueThe Classical Institution of Public Discussion; Political Cultures in Nutshells: Traditions of Journalism; The reporter tradition; The publizist tradition; The reporter, the publizist and science communication91; â#x80;#x98;Post-Truthâ#x80;#x99;: Prejudices about Politics Come True; Notes; Chapter 5 A Political Category of Science Communication; Science Communication Challenges; Hype and concealment; Uncertainty about uncertainty; Public opinion and scientific consensus; Awe, banalization, imitation, quackery and superstition; Barriers to critical self-examinationSummary: The modern reinvention of the laityEducation and eugenics; Shuttling between Elitism and Populism; Ambiguity: Science, the masses and the elites; The mass public as an object of social-scientific enquiry; The deficit model of the public: Criticized and persistent; Fascination as a Science Communication Ideal; Notes; Chapter 4 The Elusive Concept of Modern Politics; Suspicion; The Opposite or the Application of Science; Anti-political devotion to democracy; Sociocracy: More democratic than democracy?; Visions of revolutionary science; The reinvention of political problems as wicked problemsPPN: PPN: 1026230047Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-NLEBK
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