Questioning Authority: Political Resistance and the Ethic of Natural Science 2008035352, 9781412808156


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Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Part I. From Natural Philosophy to Political Philosophy
1. Francis Bacon: A New Interpretation of Nature
2. Thomas Hobbes's Scientific Approach to Politics
3. John Locke and the Origins of Political Resistance
Part II. Science and Its Critics
4. The Ethic and Practice of Modern Natural Science
5. Critical Theory and the Critique of Modernity
6. Michel Foucault and the Postmodern Reaction
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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