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001 2014019744
003 DLC
005 20141011082947.0
008 140519s2014 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014019744
020 $a9781137379603 (hardback)
020 $a113737960X (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aQ175.5$b.C87 2014
082 00 $a303.48/33$223
084 $aREL106000$aSCI075000$aSOC039000$2bisacsh
245 04 $aThe customization of science :$bthe impact of religious and political worldviews on contemporary science /$cedited by Steve Fuller, University of Warwick, UK, Mikael Stenmark, Uppsala University, Sweden, Ulf Zackariasson, Uppsala University, Sweden.
264 1 $aEngland ;$aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2014.
300 $axii, 209 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"This book explores whether and how religious and secular worldviews and political ideologies held by scientists, citizens, decision-makers and politicians influence science as practiced and understood today. In this book, customized science is defined as a science built according to - or altered and fitted to - a particular group's specifications, that is, its needs, interests or values, its political ideology or worldview. It is science governed not merely by goals such as increased knowledge and explanatory power, but also by goals such as economic growth, sustainable development, the equality of women or the end of religion. The contributions to this book discuss, with regard to particular worldviews and themes connected to the public role of science, whether science is increasingly becoming customized to fit the needs and interests of various groups in society, but also what the consequences of such a development may be both for science and society"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aScience$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aReligion$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aReligion and science.
650 7 $aRELIGION / Religion & Science.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aFuller, Steve,$d1959-$eeditor.
700 1 $aStenmark, Mikael,$eeditor.
700 1 $aZackariasson, Ulf,$d1970-$eeditor