Narrative experiments : the discursive authority of science and technology
Narrative Experiments was first published in 1989. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. In Narrative Experiments, Gayle Ormiston and Ralph Sassower bring a refreshing perspective to the domains of inquiry we call ""science"" and ""technology, "" asserting that traditional definitions (like classical idealism and materialism) fail to suggest the rich and complex cultural/linguistic interplay occurring between them. This context is not merely a
Print Book, English, ©1989
University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, ©1989
xi, 155 pages ; 24 cm
9780816618200, 9780816618217, 0816618208, 0816618216
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Preface; Chapter 1. The Interplay of Science and Technology: An Introduction; Chapter 2. Fictional Visions of Science and Technology; Chapter 3. Legacies, Legends, and Enlightenments: The Pretext of Critique; Chapter 4. The Dissemination of Authority; Chapter 5. Consequences of Dissemination: Narrative Recollections and the Languages of Pedagogy; Selected Bibliography; Index
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