Book ID: CBB213032534

The Politics of Paradigms: Thomas S. Kuhn, James B. Conant, and the Cold War “Struggle for Men’s Minds” (2019)

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Reisch, George A. (Author)


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Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 502
Language: English

Uncovers long-ignored political themes―ideology, propaganda, mind-control, and Orwellian history―at work within the pages of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

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Review Juan V. Mayoral (2020) Review of "The Politics of Paradigms: Thomas S. Kuhn, James B. Conant, and the Cold War “Struggle for Men’s Minds”". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 249-255). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Abir-Am, Pnina Geraldine
Antic, Ana
Biddle, Justin B.
de Jong-Lambert, William
Douglas, Heather E.
Edgar, Scott
Journals
Science and Education
Journal of the History of Biology
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
History of Science
HOPOS
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Palgrave Macmillan
Concepts
Cold War
Science and politics
Philosophy of science
Science and ideology
Philosophy and politics
Philosophy of science, as a discipline
People
Kuhn, Thomas S.
Conant, James Bryant
Reisch, George A.
Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich
Nash, Leonard Kollender
Gramsci, Antonio
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Europe
Yugoslavia
Moscow (Russia)
Institutions
Rockefeller Foundation
Genetics Society of America
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