Scientists' Expertise As Performance - Between State and Society, 1860 - 1960

Zusatztext "There is a great deal of useful information to be found in this volume! and I hope that it will find its way to scholars who can make good use of it."- William Thomas! The British Journal for the History of Science"...the volume offers a valuable and varied picture of what expertise has looked like in modern Europe. (...) This volume represents an important development in the history of expertise as we move from studies promoting the topic's importance to a bigger picture based on constructivist analyses of expertise in different regions! periods and political systems."- Don Leggett! Department of History! Philosophy and Religious Studies! Nazarbayev University! Astana! Kazakhstan in Annals of Science! 2016 Informationen zum Autor Joris Vandendriessche, Evert Peeters, Kaat Wils Klappentext The essays in this collection explore our reliance on experts within a historical context and across a wide range of fields, including agriculture, engineering, health sciences and labour management. Contributors argue that experts were highly aware of their audiences and used performance to gain both scientific and popular support. Zusammenfassung The essays in this collection explore our reliance on experts within a historical context and across a wide range of fields! including agriculture! engineering! health sciences and labour management. Contributors argue that experts were highly aware of their audiences and used performance to gain both scientific and popular support. Inhaltsverzeichnis Scientists' Expertise as Performance

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• Authors: Joris (EDT)/ Peeters Vandendriessche
• Assisted by: Evert Peeters (Editor), Evert (Catholic University of Leuven Peeters (Editor), Peeters Evert (Editor), Joris Vandendriessche (Editor), Joris (Catholic University of Leuven Vandendriessche (Editor), Vandendriessche Joris (Editor), Kaat Wils (Editor), Wils Kaat (Editor)
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9781848935273
• ISBN: 978-1-84893-527-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: History and Philosophy of Tech; History and Philosophy of Technoscience; History and Philosophy of Technoscience
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, HISTORY / General, Society & culture: general, PHILOSOPHY / Essays, Society and culture: general