num_pages: 314
description: This volume presents six essays by leading sociologists, philosophers, physicists, and environmental activists that examine the links between science and violence from the Baconian era to the present day. It looks at two basic science as it provides a new justification for stateviolence; and science as violent technological intervention, invading and disrupting stable patterns of private life in the name of progress and development.
language: English
title: Science, Hegemony and Violence: A Requiem for Modernity
titlecomplete: Science, Hegemony and Violence: A Requiem for Modernity (Oxford India Paperbacks)
genres: Science, Philosophy
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Oxford University Press