21st century anthropology
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anthropology
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authority
auto ethnography
biological anthropology
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common sense
creationism
cultural power
disarming humor
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evolution of science
field of science
history
innovative
life sciences
modern culture
modern knowledge
modern scientific racism
philosophy
physical anthropology
racism
science as performance
science as thought
science studies
scientific fraud
scientific revolution
scientists
sociology
Product details
- ISBN 9780520259607
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 23 Jun 2009
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This lively and provocative book casts an anthropological eye on the field of science in a wide-ranging and innovative discussion that integrates philosophy, history, sociology, and auto-ethnography. Jonathan Marks examines biological anthropology, the history of the life sciences, and the literature of science studies while upending common understandings of science and culture with a mixture of anthropology, common sense, and disarming humor.Science, Marks argues, is widely accepted to be three things: a method of understanding and a means of establishing facts about the universe, the facts themselves, and a voice of authority or a locus of cultural power. This triple identity creates conflicting roles and tensions within the field of science and leads to its record of instructive successes and failures. Among the topics Marks addresses are the scientific revolution, science as thought and performance, creationism, scientific fraud, and modern scientific racism. Applying his considerable insight, energy, and wit, Marks sheds new light on the evolution of science, its role in modern culture, and its challenges for the twenty-first century.
Jonathan Marks is Professor of Anthropology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the author of What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and their Genes.
