Global Science and National Sovereignty (Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine)

by Catherine Paradeise (Editor), Grégoire Mallard (Editor), Ashveen Peerbaye (Editor), Ashveen Peerbaye (Editor), Catherine Paradeise (Editor), Grégoire Mallard (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2008

  $156.69

  Shows how sovereignty has been constructed, reaffirmed, and transformed in the Twentieth century by the construction of scientific disciplines, knowledge practices, and research objects. This book offers a redefinition of the modern concept of sovereignty and an illuminating reassessment of the role of science in political life.