SCIENCE WARS: POLITICS, GENDER AND RACE
Book ID/图书代码： 13149013B63263
English Summary/英文概要： Few issues cause academics to disagree more than gender and race, especially when topics are addressed in terms of biological differences. To conduct research in these areas or comment favorably on research can subject one to scorn.
When these topics are addressed, they generally take the form of philosophical debates. Anthony Walsh focuses upon such debates and supporting research. He divides parties into biologists and social constructionists, arguing that biologists remain focused on laboratory work, while constructionists are acutely aware of the impact of biologists in contested territories.
Science Wars introduces the ideas motivating the parties and examines social constructionism and its issues with science. He explores arguments over conceptual tools scientists love and constructionists abhor, and he provides a solid discussion of the co-evolution of genes and culture. Walsh then focuses his attention on gender, how constructionists view it, and the neuroscience explanation of gender differences. Moving to race, Walsh looks at how some have tried to bury the concept of race, while others emphasize it. He considers definitions of race—essentialist, taxonomic, population, and lineage—as they have evolved from the time of the Enlightenment to the present. And finally, he attempts to bring the opposing sides together by pointing out what each can bring to a meaningful discussion.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在如今的生物界，当学者们就生物差异性发表观点时，大多数学者都认为生物差异性在于性别和种族。在这些领域进行研究或者为调查做一些评论也绝非一件易事。
当学者们讨论这些话题时，一般情况下，他们采取哲学辩论的形式。Anthony Walsh致力于这些辩论的研究工作。他将观点分成两组，一组是生物学家的观点，另一组是社会建设主义学家的观点，他认为生物学家依旧专注于实验室的工作，而建设主义学家聪明地意识到在有争议的领域里生物学家对问题的影响。
《科学之战》一书介绍了科学家们的观点并且分析了社会建设主义和它与科学之间存在的问题。他探索了科学家们喜爱和建设主义学家们厌恶的概念，同时，他为基因和文化的共同演变提供了充分的讨论。接着，作者把他的注意力放在性别研究上，建设主义学家是如何看待这个问题的，以及性别差异中的神经科学性解释。当涉及种族的话题时，作者审视了一些学者如何努力掩盖种族的概念而其他学者却在强调它们。他仔细思考了种族的定义——反本质主义学，生物分类学，人口以及血统——因为它们的观点从启蒙运动时期演变到现在。最后，他试着将每位学者不同的观点结合起来，让讨论变得更加有意义。(Susie)
Awards/获奖情况：“Science Wars documents the real war being waged in science—the war between those who want to make science subservient to their political goals, and those who still believe that science should be coldly objective. Walsh covers the varied ways that intellectual brilliance has made honesty a secondary concern or, worst yet, no concern at all.
“Few academics are as honest as Anthony Walsh. Unconcerned with matters of political correctness, Walsh describes in vivid detail the academic controversies that swirl around matters of sex and race. You will find no clearer explanation about these debates, and you will find no more honest account.
“Walsh has done in Science Wars what few other scholars would dare to do: he has revealed the uncomfortable truth that much of what passes for academic debate is, today, infected with political ideology. The political left loves to proclaim how conservatives deny science. In Science Wars, Walsh shows an uncomfortable reality—that the left has done much more to corrupt science than the right could ever do.” —John Walsh, professor, School of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati
About the Author/作者介绍： Anthony Walsh is professor of criminal justice at Boise State University. He is the author of thirty books, including The Science of Love, Biology and Criminology: The Biosocial Synthesis, and Science Wars: Politics, Gender, and Race. In addition, his work has been widely published in Behavior and Philosophy, Behavioral and Brain Functions, Criminology, and Social Biology.
Format:HARDCOVER
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