From Library Journal
Have Western sciences been entirely progressive, particularly in regards to "race?" Or is their inherent Eurocentrism responsible for perpetuating a "racial economy"--that is, for parceling out along racial lines the benefits of these sciences to the West and the drawbacks to the Third World? By addressing these questions, this book should move the social studies of science into a dimension that editor Harding admits has been largely absent in Western critiques of science, even the feminist critiques for which Harding is noted. In fact, the classic and recent essays gathered here will challenge scholars in the natural sciences, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and women's studies to examine the role of racism in the construction and application of the sciences. Harding ( Whose Science? Whose Knowledge? Thinking from Women's Lives , Cornell Univ. Pr., 1991) has also created a useful text for diverse classroom settings. Recommended for academic libraries.
- Faye A. Chadwell, Univ. of South Carolina Lib., Columbia
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Faye A. Chadwell, Univ. of South Carolina Lib., Columbia
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
