Science and Technology in a Multicultural World: The Cultural Politics of Facts and Artifacts

by David J. Hess

Starting with the concept of culture as a symbolic apparatus underlying wide beliefs and practices, anthropologist Hess presents a new approach to science and technology that includes historically excluded perspectives, especially for students going into fields that are impacted by the global economy. Among his topics are techno-totems in the western scientific revolution, social relations and structures of scientific and technical communities, native people and resistance struggles, ethno-knowledge and non-western medicine. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

311 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995