Toward a democratic science
Subtitle: scientific narration and civic communication
By: Richard Harvey Brown.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Science -- Social aspects; Science -- Philosophy; Communication in science; Science -- Moral and ethical aspects; Narration (Rhetoric)
Description: "In this book, a leading authority in the field of social theory and communication shows how scientific practice is a rhetorical and narrative activity, a story well told. Richard Harvey Brown develops the idea of science as narration, casts various scientific disciplines as literary genres, and argues that expert knowledge of any kind is a form of power. He then explains how a narrative view of science can help integrate science within a democratic civic discourse."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-277) and index.