Book ID: CBB001320921

Science, Democracy, and the American University: From the Civil War to the Cold War (2012)

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Jewett, Andrew John (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: xii + 402 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English

This book fundamentally reinterprets the rise of the natural and social sciences as sources of political authority in modern America. Andrew Jewett demonstrates the remarkable persistence of a belief that the scientific enterprise carried with it a set of ethical resources capable of grounding a democratic culture - a political function widely assigned to religion. The book traces the shifting formulations of this belief from the creation of the research universities in the Civil War era to the early Cold War, tracking hundreds of leading scholars who challenged technocratic modes of governance rooted in a strictly value-neutral image of science. Many of these figures favored a deliberative model of democracy, defined by a vigorous process of public deliberation rather than rationalized administration or interest-group bargaining. This vision generated surprisingly nuanced portraits of science in the years before the military-industrial complex"-- Introduction : relating science and democracy -- Founding hopes -- Internal divisions -- Science and philosophy -- Scientific citizenship -- The biology of culture -- The problem of cultural change -- Making scientific citizens -- Science and its contexts -- The problem of values -- Two cultures -- Accommodation -- Conclusion : science and democracy in a new century.

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Review Herzig, Rebecca (2014) Review of "Science, Democracy, and the American University: From the Civil War to the Cold War". Journal of Interdisciplinary History (p. 406). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Bini, Elisabetta
Vezzosi, Elisabetta
Alberto Bentoglio
Silva Neto, Climério Paulo da
Alessandro Costazza
Ciglioni, Laura
Concepts
Cold War
Science and politics
Science and war; science and the military
Science and culture
Research
Science and ideology
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
19th century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Italy
Europe
Milan (Italy)
Greenland
Institutions
Genetics Society of America
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Stanford University
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