ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on some of the ways that the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) has itself been shaped by the larger political program of neoliberalism. It examines two important theorists of the role of critique in the study of science: Larry Lessig and Bruno Latour. Larry Lessig is a Harvard Law School Professor who initially became famous for his book Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace. The most important aspect of Lessig's thought for people in the social studies of science is the content and character of his proposed remedies and nudges. Latour often lectures as though he were giving a TED talk, but somehow absent the usual son et lumière effects, which is quite an accomplishment. Latour believes politics consists of struggle without any hope of a transcendent court of appeal, which is why he is so attracted to figures like Hobbes, Walter Lippmann and Carl Schmitt.
