ABSTRACT
Naked Science is about contested domains and includes different science cultures: physics, molecular biology, primatology, immunology, ecology, medical environmental, mathematical and navigational domains. While the volume rests on the assumption that science is not autonomous, the book is distinguished by its global perspective. Examining knowledge systems within a planetary frame forces thinking about boundaries that silence or affect knowledge-building. Consideration of ethnoscience and technoscience research within a common framework is overdue for raising questions about deeply held beliefs and assumptions we all carry about scientific knowledge. We need a perspective on how to regard different science traditions because public controversies should not be about a glorified science or a despicable science.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|90 pages
Discovering Science
chapter 3|18 pages
Science for the West, Myth for the Rest?
chapter 5|16 pages
Scientific Literacy, What It Is, Why It's Important, and Why Scientists Think We Don't Have It
part 2|81 pages
Culture, Power, and Context
chapter 9|14 pages
Constructing Knowledge across Social Worlds
chapter 10|24 pages
Kokusaika, Gaiatsu, and Bachigai
part 3|58 pages
Conflicting Knowledge Systems
chapter 13|11 pages
Popular Delusions and Scientific Models
chapter 14|18 pages
Japanese Science and Western Hegemonies
part |19 pages
Epilogue