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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results26 Connexions Library1 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 2 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 2 Sources Library Connexions LibraryAltered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public  Drucker, Steven M. Book 2015 Drucker elucidates the scientific facts about genetically engineered foods that the PR myths have been obscuring. The Anatomy of Judgment Regal, Philip J. Book 1990 Tracing the emergence of science and the social institutions that govern it, The Anatomy of Judgment is an odyssey into what human thinking or judgment mean. An Annotated Bibliography of Nonsense Malik, Kenan Article 1998 Academic critics today not only question the impact of science upon society, but they also question the very idea of scientific rationality. Anti-Science: Left and Right Together?: A Systematic Attack on Rationality Pulaski, Stosh Article 2012 The suggestion that left and right thinking may be converging on matters scientific will, no doubt, be offensive to some on the left. After all, the right chooses myth over evolution, and oil profits ... Bold Scientists: Dispatches from the Battle for Honest Science Riordon, Michael Book 2014 Accounts of scientists working in the public interest despite powerful opposition. Bouncing Back Against the Corruption of Science in Capitalist Society: Part 2 of a 2-part series: The Role of Science in Capitalist Society and Social Change Article 2017 Part two in a look at capitalism and the role of science, and the strong evidence that science can be on the side of social justice and social change. Connexions Digest: Issue 53 - January 1991- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1991 Connexions Library: Science Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on science. Dear "Skeptics," Bash Homeopathy and Bigfoot Less, Mammograms and War More: A science journalist takes a skeptical look at capital-S Skepticism Horgan, John Article 2016 So I'm a skeptic, but with a small S, not capital S. I don’t belong to skeptical societies. I don’t hang out with people who self-identify as capital-S Skeptics. Or Atheists. Or Rationalists. When peo... Downstream and Upstream Ecologists: The People, Organizatons, and Ideas Behind the Movement Mercier, Jean Book 1997 Mercier discusses the environmental movement and identifies specialized ecologists of different spectrums. God's Red Pencil? CRISPR and The Three Myths of Precise Genome Editing Latham, Jonathan Article 2016 For the last seventy years all chemical and biological technologies, from genetic engineering to pesticides, have been built on a myth of precision and specificity. They have all been adopted under th... How Big Pharma Infiltrated the Boston Museum of Science Rosenberg, Martha Article 2018 Mental illness is a highly stigmatized, life-long condition, that millions do not even realize they have and only a pharmaceutical drug can fix says Pharma and its operatives. Nature, science & power: Questions need to be asked... Riordon, Michael Website 2014 Here many questions will be asked, some answers attempted. This blog connects to a new book: Bold Scientists: dispatches from the battle for honest science, published in 2014 by Between the Lines. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 4, 2014 Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Article 2014 Information about the Connexions Alternative Media List and the Labor Film Archive. Articles on corporations spying on non-profits, workplace deaths, Monsanto and Ukraine, and liberal environmentalism... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 23, 2016: Science and its enemies Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 Our society and its institutions, public and private, regularly tell us that science, and education in the sciences, are crucial to our future. These public declarations are strangely reminiscent of t... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - May 7, 2016: Tax Evasion Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 Employing a network of accountants, tax lawyers, corporate shells, tax havens, secret bank accounts, and other methods, the 1% have become extremely adept at evading even the low rates of taxation the... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 10, 2016: Back to School Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Article 2016 Education - about the world, and about social change in particular - is a key element in the work that Connexions does. In this issue of Other Voices, we explore a few aspects of the ways in which edu... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 30, 2017: Affirming life, resisting war, reporting UFOs Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 What do we do when those in power recklessly put the future of the entire planet at risk with their acts of aggression and military provocations, while they ignore the growing disaster of climate chan... People or Personnel and Like a Conquered Province Goodman, Paul Book 1968 Goodman offers his analysis of what is wrong with American society, and what could be done about it. A People's History of Science Connor, Clifford Book Connor focuses on the contributions of ordinary people living in ordinary times and the social and political history in which they lived. Spanning the time from the hunter-gatherers to the information... Rationality/Science Chomsky, Noam Article 1995 Chomsky writes: "It strikes me as remarkable that the left today should seek to deprive oppressed people not only of the joys of understanding and insight, but also of tools of emancipation, informing... Science and liberation: Science as human curiosity, as authority, and as business Podur, Justin Article 2014 The conservative movement’s attack on science has several prongs. Where they can attain government office, as in Canada, they use the highly effective tools of funding and de-funding, and regulation a... Superunknown: Scientific Integrity Within the Academic and Media Industrial Complexes Mattis, Kristine Article 2018 Mattis provides an analysis of the competing priorities of scientists, funders and the media that together, create a perfect storm of "unscientific science". Utopian Essays and Practical Proposals Goodman, Paul Book 1951 Whatever the subject, Goodman asks: What blocks and limits human freedom, joy, and creativity? What tends to release, free, liberate? In criticizing society and life his purpose is to improve. Goodman... What Does Science Tell Us About Race? Malik, Kenan Article 2015 Six points about the complex relation between scientific research and the reality of human group differences. Zapatistas urge scientists to join in building a better world Article 2017 With all the damage that the capitalists have done to the people through their misuse of science, can we create a science that is truly human? Can we work collectively to defend life and humanity? Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesKenanMalik.com Kenan Malik's home page. See also blog at http://kenanmalik.wordpress.com.
Academically, my main areas of interest are the history of ideas; the history and philosophy of science; the philosophy of m... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryBad Science Goldacre, Ben 2008 Goldacre notes the flaws in research practices and marketing practices leading to human gullibility. He aims to promote public understanding of science so that readers can discern the logic and eviden... Science and its enemies Introduction to the April 23, 2016 issue of Other Voices Diemer, Ulli 2016 Our society and its institutions, public and private, regularly tell us that science, and education in the sciences, are crucial to our future. These public declarations are strangely reminiscent of t... |
