TY - JOUR
T1 - The politics of science and sustainable development
T2 - Marcuse's new science in the 21st century
AU - Farrell, Katharine
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*This paper owes its existence to Stephen Eric Bronner, many of its insights to discussions with Jerry Ravetz, Silvio Funtowicz, John Barry and Christoph Görg, and its final form to very helpful written comments from Timothy Luke, Andrew Biro, Ariel Salleh and two anonymous reviewers. Research contributing to this work was funded by the United Kingdom Support Program for University Research and the European Union Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship EIF024688: Accountability and Legitimacy in Governance Institutions that Support Viable Environments*ALIVE. 1Silvio O. Funtowicz and Jerome R. Ravetz, Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990); Silvio O. Funtowicz and Jerome R. Ravetz, ‘‘A New Scientific Methodology for Global Environmental Issues,’’ in Robert Costanza (ed.), Ecological Economics: The Science and Management of Sustainability (New York: Columbia University Press, 1991), pp. 137·152; Silvio O. Funtowicz and Jerome R. Ravetz, ‘‘The Good, the True and the Post-modern,’’ Futures, Vol. 24, No. 10, 1992, pp. 963-976; Silvio O. Funtowicz and Jerome R. Ravetz, ‘‘Science for the Postnormal Age,’’ Futures, Vol. 25, No. 7, 1993, pp. 739· 755. 2Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society (London: Routledge, 1991 [1964]), p. 239.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Critical theorist Herbert Marcuse proposed a discourse on scientific methodology and its related techniques, or otherwise known as postnormal science. Postnormal science is basically a manifestation of Marcuse's new modality of science. It is relevant today since it can be used to study 21st century environmental politics. In this context, postnormal science goes hand in hand with political reasoning, especially in the realm of the current environmental challenge. Nevertheless, the utilization of political theory to justify postnormal science methodologies is now quite widespread. However, it appears that postnormal science does not come to the political theory table empty-handed; perhaps the direction in which the scientific method is leading late industrial societies might be altered with good governance.
AB - Critical theorist Herbert Marcuse proposed a discourse on scientific methodology and its related techniques, or otherwise known as postnormal science. Postnormal science is basically a manifestation of Marcuse's new modality of science. It is relevant today since it can be used to study 21st century environmental politics. In this context, postnormal science goes hand in hand with political reasoning, especially in the realm of the current environmental challenge. Nevertheless, the utilization of political theory to justify postnormal science methodologies is now quite widespread. However, it appears that postnormal science does not come to the political theory table empty-handed; perhaps the direction in which the scientific method is leading late industrial societies might be altered with good governance.
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U2 - 10.1080/10455750802559616
DO - 10.1080/10455750802559616
M3 - Research Article
AN - SCOPUS:57649128430
SN - 1045-5752
VL - 19
SP - 68
EP - 83
JO - Capitalism, Nature, Socialism
JF - Capitalism, Nature, Socialism
IS - 4
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