Cultural Hegemony in a Scientific World - Gramscian Concepts for the History of Science

This sweeping volume provides a thorough accounting of Gramsci's relevance to the history of science.

About the author

Pietro Daniel Omodeo is Professor of Historical Epistemology at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy; Principal Investigator of the ERC project EarlyModernCosmology (Horizon 2020, GA 725883) and the FARE project EarlyGeoPraxis (grant of the Italian Ministry of University and Research). He is the author of Political Epistemology: The Problem of Ideology in Science Studies (Springer, 2019).

Massimiliano Badino is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Verona. He was recipient of a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship (FP7, 2014-2017). He has written extensively on the early history of statistical mechanics and quantum physics. His research interests include history and philosophy of contemporary physics as well as the intersection between ethics, politics, and epistemology.

Summary

This sweeping volume provides a thorough accounting of Gramsci’s relevance to the history of science.

Foreword

Features in Historical Materialism

Promotion targeting left academic journals

Published to coincide with the annual Historical Materialism conference

Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements

Product details

• Assisted by: Massimiliano Badino (Editor), Badino Massimiliano (Editor), Pietro Daniel Omodeo (Editor), Omodeo Pietro Daniel (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.12.2021
• EAN: 9781642596014
• ISBN: 978-1-64259-601-4
• No. of pages: 440
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Historical Materialism
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Politics & government, History of Science, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Gramsci, Impact of science & technology on society, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Marxism & Communism