Nico Stehr: 10 books
Biotechnology
Between Commerce and Civil Society
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
"While other books have addressed isolated aspects of recent developments in the biomedical sciences, Biotechnology: Between Commerce and Civil Society is the first book tgo engage with the full range of biotechnology's implications for social science and for society at large." -Professor...
Mut zur Lücke
Zur Emanzipation des Nichtwissens in der modernen Gesellschaft
Language: German
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Der Professor für Kulturwissenschaften Nico Stehr befasst sich in seinem Aufsatz für das Kursbuch 173 mit der Rolle von Wissen und Information in der Gesellschaft. Hierbei differenziert Nico Stehr die Begriffe in Prozess-Kenntnisse einerseits und Eigenschaftskenntnisse andererseits. Er macht weiter...
Knowledge Politics
Governing the Consequences of Science and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
This book argues that new technologies and society's response to them have created a relatively new phenomenon, "knowledge politics." Nico Stehr describes Western society's response to a host of new technologies developed only since the 1970s, including genetic experiments, test-tube human...
Moral Markets
How Knowledge and Affluence Change Consumers and Products
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Nothing affects modern society more than the decisions made in the marketplace, especially (but not only) the judgments of consumers. Stehr's designation of a new stage in modern societies with the term "moral markets" signals a further development in the social evolution of markets. Market...
by Nico Stehr
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Social surveillance and regulation of knowledge will be one of the most important issues in the near future, one that will give rise to unending controversy. In The Governance of Knowledge, Nico Stehr predicts that such concerns will create a new political field, namely, knowledge policy, which will...
Knowledge
Is Knowledge Power?
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
As we move through our modern world, the phenomenon we call knowledge is always involved. Whether we talk of know-how, technology, innovation, politics or education, it is the concept of knowledge that ties them all together. But despite its ubiquity as a modern trope we seldom encounter knowledge...
Information, Power, and Democracy
Liberty is a Daughter of Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
The link between liberty and knowledge is neither static nor simple. Until recently the mutual support between knowledge, science, democracy and emancipation was presupposed. Recently, however, the close relationship between democracy and knowledge has been viewed with skepticism. The growing societal...
The Power of Scientific Knowledge
From Research to Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
It is often said that knowledge is power, but more often than not relevant knowledge is not used when political decisions are made. This book examines how political decisions relate to scientific knowledge and what factors determine the success of scientific research in influencing policy. The authors...
Knowledge and Democracy
A 21st Century Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
The relationship of knowledge and liberties in modern societies presents a multitude of fascinating issues that deserve to be explored more systematically. The production of knowledge is dynamic, and the conditions and practice of freedom is undergoing transformation. These changes ensure that the...
Society of Terror
Inside the Dachau and Buchenwald Concentration Camps
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
During 1938 and 1939, Paul Neurath was a Jewish political prisoner in the concentration camps at Dachau and Buchenwald. He owed his survival to a temporary Nazi policy allowing release of prisoners who were willing to go into exile and the help of friends on the outside who helped him obtain a visa....