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Re: Luke Rondinaro's world system theory by Elson Boles 13 August 2002 21:18 UTC |
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Gunder, is that it? A bit of a scant review. Seems like the Emperor put on almost no clothes! Elson Boles Assistant Professor Dept. of Sociology Saginaw Valley State University University Center Saginaw MI, 48710 > -----Original Message----- > From: wsn-owner@csf.colorado.edu > [mailto:wsn-owner@csf.colorado.edu] On Behalf Of Andre Gunder Frank > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 8:41 PM > To: PAULYKDB@cs.com > Cc: wsn@csf.colorado.edu > Subject: Re: Luke Rondinaro's world system theory > > > SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC EMPEROR'S CLOTHES > A Review Essay > > of Naked Science. Anthropological Inquiry into Boundaries, > Power, and Knowledge edited by Laura Nader. New York & > London: Routledge 1996, xvi,318 pp. $ ?? > by > > ANDRE GUNDER FRANK > > > abstract > > The editor explains: "The point is to open up people's minds > to other ways of looking and questioning to change attitudes > about knowledge, to reframe the organization of science - to > formulate ways of thinking globally about science traditions > .... There are different kinds of knowledge that provide > valid truths of use to human kind. If a dominant [Western] > science silences that knowledge, we all lose.... The myth of > a single science can be seen as a myth; the false separation > between science and nonscience may be considered a barrier to > new thinking; and a whole range of vital and experimental > thinking is possible" [23-24]. > > The central theses and the abundant evidence in this book are > that "science is not free of culture; rather, it is full of > it. Militarization has certainly had an effect on American > science... [and] has also fired the pervasive > commercialization of the scientific effort.... Politicization > of science is unavoidable, [because] behaviour is affected by > those who control funding and who often determine the > research questions [and] virtually all science has social and > political implications.... Denial of a contexutalized > science, or the assertion that science is autonomous, strikes > at the scientific endeavor, defined as a process of free > inquiry" [xiii,9]. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~ > > ANDRE GUNDER FRANK > > Senior Fellow Residence > World History Center One Longfellow Place > Northeastern University Apt. 3411 > 270 Holmes Hall Boston, MA 02114 USA > Boston, MA 02115 USA Tel: 617-948 2315 > Tel: 617 - 373 4060 Fax: 617-948 2316 > Web-page:csf.colorado.edu/agfrank/ e-mail:franka@fiu.edu > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~ > > > >
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