Table of Contents

Preface 1. Science and Science Studies: Enemies or Allies? Ullica Segerstrale Contextualizing the "Science Wars" The Constructivist Critique 1994-The Annus Horribilis and After Why the Constructivist Position Bothers Scientists Who has the right to criticize science? A Hidden Issue in the Science Wars The Meaning of Alan Sokal's Hoax Who owns the history of science? The Aftermath of the Sokal Hoax The Science Wars Continue: Closing in on Science Studies Plan of the Book Bringing the Scientist Back In 2. Antiscience in Current Science and Technology Studies Henry H. Bauer Recent Developments Is there really antagonism against science in STS? The Fact of Antiscientific Sentiment Antiscientific Sentiment in Perspective Incomprehension of Science Hypocrisy: Preaching Versus Practice The Purpose of STS How did STS come into being? My Intellectual Dissatisfaction with Current STS Disciplinary Dilemmas Under what circumstances is STS likely to thrive? 3. Some Patterns and Processes in the Development of a Scientific Sociology of Science: Notes from a Sixty-Year Memoir Bernard Barber Writing the History of Social Studies of Science The Application of General Social System Theory The Political and Ideological Response The Influence of Nonsystematic Theories No Theory at All: The Importance of a Striking Empirical Fact The Importance of New Research Methods The Weakness of "The Strong Program" The Cross-Fertilization of Sociological Specialties The Cross-Fertilization of Disciplines The Importance of Values and Ideologies In Brief Conclusion 4. Anti-Antiscience: A Phenomenon in Search of an Explanation Part I. Anatomy of Recent "Antiscience" Allegations Ullica Segerstrale Taking the Science Warriors Seriously The Varieties of "Antiscience" Can scientists be antiscience? The Link between the Science Wars and Recent Nature-Nurture Debates Karl Popper's Adverse Effect on the British Science Budget: A Thesis in 1980s Britain 5. Anti-Antiscience: A Phenomenon in Search of an Explanation Part II. The Conflict about the Social Role of Science Ullica Segerstrale The Struggle about the Cultural Meaning of Science "Antiscience" As a Heuristic Device The Political Meaning of Scientific Objectivity The Missing Reason in the Science Wars 6. Visions of Science in the Twentieth Century Valery Cholakov Changing Views of Science Science: The Endless Frontier Science: A Direct Productive Force The Science of Science Chemistry: The Land of Opportunity Science: A Dangerous Power The End of Big Science Redefining Science 7. Postacademic Science: Constructing Knowledge with Networks and Norms John Ziman Science As a Cultural Form Academic Science Elements of the Scientific Ethos CUDOS Institutionalized New Modes of Knowledge Production Networking Intellectual Property Problem Solving in Local Contexts Incorporating Interests into Knowledge Who sets the problem? What counts as excellence? From Specialized Knowledge to Expertise Where do the pipers collect their paychecks? Postindustrial Science Postmodern Knowledge Epistemic Features of Mode 2 What Price Objectivity? 8. A Social Theory of Objectivity Stephan Fuchs The Many Meanings of Objectivity Objectivity As Rhetoric Objectivity As Power The Standpoint Paradox Some Empirical Difficulties with the Critical Theory Objectivity and Social Status Some Suggestions for a New Objectivity Objectivity As Medium The Binding Effects of Objectivity Trusting Some Possible Objections Conclusion 9. Science Studies through the Looking Glass: An Intellectual Itinerary Steve Fuller The Science Wars: A Conflict Waiting to Happen The Prehistory of the Science Wars STS's Induction into the "Academic Left" (And My Induction into STS) The Battle of Britain The Sokal Hoax What should have been done? What can be done? Contributors Index

About the Author

Ullica Segerstrale is Professor of Sociology at Illinois Institute of Technology and the author of Defenders of the Truth: The Battle for Science in the Sociobiology Debate and Beyond.

Reviews

"Beyond the Science Wars provides an excellent, up-to-date, and scholarly analysis of the historical context and recent debates about science and 'antiscience.'" - Choice "This book proposes to offer 'a broad contextualization of the "science wars"-an ongoing debate between scientists and social scientists over the nature and meaning of science,' and it largely succeeds in this effort. It provides a helpful and perceptive clarification of the intellectual struggle between certain practitioners of STS (Science and Technology Studies) and some self-appointed spokespersons for science ... invaluable in helping readers understand and sort out the arguments offered by science warriors of every persuasion ... current and timely ... Its editor and authors bring to their task impressive learning as well as deep historical and broad social perspectives ... its unpolemical characterization, contextualization and analysis of the science wars will serve as an effective and useful contribution to our understanding of this intellectual engagement." - Contemporary Sociology "Readers interested in the science wars and its fallout should find much of this book illuminating." - The Quarterly Review of Biology "Any scientist interested in establishing a more constructive dialogue with the science and technology studies community would be well-advised to read th[is] work." - Physics Today "I really enjoyed reading this book, both for its insights into the 'Science Wars' and clarification of the issues (and the false issues or straw men) and for its perspectives on the history and context and motivations of this debate. It clarifies what is really at stake philosophically, politically, and sociologically, as well as the rhetorical strategies of the various participants and their efforts." - William E. Evenson, Brigham Young University "This book is like a breath of fresh air in a room heated to suffocation by rancorous but irrelevant debate. All of the articles are fair and balanced and provide perspectives that are usually missing." - Marjorie Senechal, editor of The Cultures of Science "Since this controversy has attracted widespread, recurring media attention that has been taken to be symptomatic of a broader trend in academia, a volume such as this one, analyzing debate from a moderate critical perspective, could attract broader interest." - Henry Etzkowitz, coeditor of Capitalizing Knowledge: New Intersections of Industry and Academia