Nineteen eighty-four : science between utopia and dystopia
Just fifty years ago Julian Huxley, the biologist grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley, published a book which easily could be seen to represent the prevail ing outlook among young scientists of the day: If I were a Dictator (1934).
Sociology of the sciences, 8 1984, 1984
congresos y asambleas
xiv, 303 p. : il. ; 23cm.
9789027717191, 9789027717214, 9027717192, 9027717214
644830577
I Introduction.- Science and Utopia: On the Social Ordering of the Future.- II Science and Utopia in History.- Science and Utopia: The History of a Dilemma.- Elias Artista: A Precursor of the Messiah in Natural Science.- The Explosion of the Circle: Science and Negative Utopia.- III Socialism, Science and Utopia.- From Utopia to Science? The Development of Socialist Theory between Utopia and Science.- Bogdanov’s Red Star: An Early Bolshevik Science Utopia.- IV Utopias in Practice.- Automata: A Masculine Utopia.- Making Dreams Come True — An Essay on the Role of Practical Utopias in Science.- Eugenic Utopias: Blueprints for the Rationalization of Human Evolution.- Artificial Intelligence and Industrial Robots: An Automatic End for Utopian Thought?.- V Utopian Modes.- Meddling with ‘Politicks’ — Some Conjectures about the Relationship between Science and Utopia.- Science and Power for What?.- Science and Utopia in Late 20th Century Pluralist Democracy, with a Special Reference to the U.S.A..- Epilogue.- Vespers.- Name Index.