Justin Cruickshank, Raphael Sassower

Democratic Problem-Solving (eBook, PDF)

Dialogues in Social Epistemology

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Produktbeschreibung

To what extent is neoliberalism undermining democracy and distorting the values of science? Can and should science be treated as an exemplar for a more dialogic democracy? Are universities and public intellectuals able to develop a more dialogically engaged public? What role should there be for 'experts' in a more dialogic democracy? Does information and communications technology present a potential to enhance democracy or increase the control and manipulation of knowledge and the public by corporations?

This timely volume explores these pressing questions, in a dialogue based on developing and applying the recovery of the 'critical Popper', which highlights his contemporary relevance to the critique of neoliberal political economy in the age of technocapitalism.

This book will be discussed in an online roundtable on the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. Information about the SERRC can be found here: https://social-epistemology.com

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216222163
• Artikelnr.: 74397486

Autorenporträt

Justin Cruickshank is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of Realism and Sociology (2002) and editor of Critical Realism: The Difference it Makes (2003).

Raphael Sassower is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He is the author or co-author of twenty books, including Compromising the Ideals of Science (2015), The Price of Public Intellectuals (2014), Religion and Sports in American Culture (2014), and Digital Exposure: Postmodern Postcapitalism (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART 1: LINKING PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS
1. Anti-Authority: Comparing Popper and Rorty on the Dialogic Development of Beliefs and Practices Justin Cruickshank
2. A Bridge over Turbulent Waters Raphael Sassower
3. Context and Contestation Justin Cruickshank
4. Problem-Solving: Critical Contingencies Raphael Sassower
5. There Are No Dangerous Ideas Joseph Agassi
PART 2: SCIENCE, PROBLEM-SOLVING AND SOCIOLOGY
6. Science, Democracy and the Sociology of Power Isaac Ariail Reed
7. Criticism versus Dogmatism Justin Cruickshank
8. The Problem of Demarcation Isn't Going Away Raphael Sassower and Seif Jensen
PART 3: DEMOCRACY, EDUCATION AND THE ROLE OF INTELLECTUALS IN PUBLIC LIFE
9. Democracy, Criticism and the Problems Facing Dialogue Justin Cruickshank
10. Beyond Lamentations: Overcoming Neoliberalism? Raphael Sassower
11. The Politics of Definitions and Neoliberal Interventionism Justin Cruickshank and Ioana Cerasella Chis
12. Appealing to Academics to Become Public Intellectuals Raphael Sassower
13. The Cost of Public Intellectuals Ioana Cerasella Chis and Justin Cruickshank
14. Radical Public Intellectuals Raphael Sassower
PART 4: FROM PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS TO POLITICAL ECONOMY AND TECHNOLOGY
15. Public Intellectuals and the Political Economy of Food Justin Cruickshank and Ioana Cerasella Chis
16. Desiderata of the Future of Political Economy Raphael Sassower
17. The Neoliberal Political Economy of Science and Higher Education Justin Cruickshank
18. The Problem of Technocapitalism Ioana Cerasella Chis and Justin Cruickshank PART 5: DEMOCRACY, DIALOGUE, EXPERTS AND ELITES
19. Envisioning Peaceful Democratic Dialogues Raphael Sassower
20. Democracy, Experts and Elites: The Case of Brexit Justin Cruickshank with Ioana Cerasella Chis
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors