Written by Ullica Segerstråle, the editorial introduces an issue focused on public discussions of science in the US in 1990s, usually viewed as a binary of "pro-science" and "anti-science", situated in postmodern critiques. Six research papers in this issue, however, show that a diversity of perspectives prevailed, each pulling "science" as a carrier for particular social or cultural values and functions.
"What is, then, the connection between objective social situation for science today and current criticisms of science coming from parts of the larger public and particularly from science studies and “postmodern” humanists?"
Critical Commentary
Written by Ullica Segerstråle, the editorial introduces an issue focused on public discussions of science in the US in 1990s, usually viewed as a binary of "pro-science" and "anti-science", situated in postmodern critiques. Six research papers in this issue, however, show that a diversity of perspectives prevailed, each pulling "science" as a carrier for particular social or cultural values and functions.
"What is, then, the connection between objective social situation for science today and current criticisms of science coming from parts of the larger public and particularly from science studies and “postmodern” humanists?"