Resistance and the Practice of Rationality
Martin W. Bauer
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Resistance used to mean irrational and reactionary behaviour, assuming that rationality resides on the side of progress and its parties. The end of the Cold War allows us to drop ideological and prejudicial analysis. Indeed, we recognise that resistance is a historical constant, and its relation to rationality or irrationality is not predetermined.This volume asks: to what extent are social scientific conceptions of `resistances' sui generis, or borrowed from natural sciences by metaphor and analogy? To what extent do the social sciences continue to be a `social tribology' lubricating a process of strategic changes?Fifteen authors explore these questions from the ... Read more
Resistance used to mean irrational and reactionary behaviour, assuming that rationality resides on the side of progress and its parties. The end of the Cold War allows us to drop ideological and prejudicial analysis. Indeed, we recognise that resistance is a historical constant, and its relation to rationality or irrationality is not predetermined.This volume asks: to what extent are social scientific conceptions of `resistances' sui generis, or borrowed from natural sciences by metaphor and analogy? To what extent do the social sciences continue to be a `social tribology' lubricating a process of strategic changes?Fifteen authors explore these questions from the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
315
Place of Publication
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781443846264
SKU
V9781443846264
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99-1
About Martin W. Bauer
Martin W. Bauer studied psychology and economic history in Bern and London, and is Professor of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics (LSE). He directs the LSE MSc Social and Public Communication, hosts the London Public Understanding of Science Seminars, and is Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Public Understanding of Science. He regularly works in Brazil and his ... Read more
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