Questioning authority
Subtitle: political resistance and the ethic of natural science
By: Diana M. Judd.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9781412808156
Subjects: Political science -- Philosophy; Science -- Political aspects; Enlightenment -- Influence; Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Francis Bacon : a new interpretation of nature; title: Thomas Hobbes' scientific approach to politics; title: John Locke and the origins of political resistance; title: The ethic and practice of modern natural science; title: Critical theory and the critique of modernity; title: Michel Foucault and the postmodern reaction.