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

Jewett, Andrew John (Author)

Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2012
Language: English

ISBN: 9781107027268

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

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Cold War Science and culture Science and politics Research Science and ideology Universities and colleges Academically sponsored science Science and war; science and the military Research schools 20th century 19th century United States

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 Hoeveler, J. David (2013) Review of "Science, Democracy, and the American University: From the Civil War to the Cold War". American Historical Review (p. 1207). unapi

Review Wilson, Daniel J. (2013) Review of "Science, Democracy, and the American University: From the Civil War to the Cold War". Journal of American History (p. 561). unapi

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

Review Mandler, Peter (2014) Review of "Science, Democracy, and the American University: From the Civil War to the Cold War". Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (pp. 218-219). unapi

Review Reisch, George A. (2014) Review of "Science, Democracy, and the American University: From the Civil War to the Cold War". HOPOS (pp. 150-153). unapi

Essay Review Brown, Mark B. (2014) The Politics of Science before Scientism. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 164-166). unapi

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