Science, Hegemony and Violence: A Requiem for Modernity

By Ashis Nandy

Book Overview

This volume presents six essays by leading sociologists, philosophers, physicists, and environmental activists that examine the links between science and violence from the Baconian era to the present day. It looks at two basic issues: science as it provides a new justification for state violence; and science as violent technological intervention, invading and disrupting stable patterns of private life in the name of progress and development.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195622200
• ISBN13: 9780195622201
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.9" x 5.8"