Knowledge and Democracy: A 21st Century Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781138511439 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 247 str.

Nico Stehr

Opis

The relationship of knowledge and liberties in modern societies presents a multitude of fascinating issues that deserve to be explored more systematically

Spis treści

Introduction: Is Freedom a Daughter of Knowledge? 1; 1: Knowledge and Freedom as a Two-Way Street; Introduction to Part 1; 1: Two Concepts of Freedom: Implications for the Question of Knowledge; 2: Do We Need Self-Knowledge in Order to Live as Free Citizens?; 3: Death, Justice, and Freedom: Does Global Knowledge Change the Rules? Or, Freedom’S Family Romance; 2: Rethinking Democracy: Are Societies Becoming Less Democratic and Citizens Less Knowledgeable?; Introduction to Part 2; 4: Knowledge and Democracy: Is Freedom a Daughter of Knowledge?; 5: Trust Matters: Democratic Impingements in the City of Knowledge 1; 6: What May the Sheep Safely Know?; 7: Science Democratized = Expertise Decommissioned; 8: Balancing Expert Power: Two Models for the Future of Politics; 9: How Robust is “Socially Robust Knowledge”?; Problems in Institutionalizing Knowledge for Freedom; Introduction to Part 3; 10: Knowledge, Democracy, and Uneven Playing Fields: Insights from Climate Politics in — and between — the Us and Brazil; 11: The Role of Scientific Knowledge in Public Policy in Theory and in Political Practice — the Case of Integrated Rural Development; 12: Information Liberation? The Relations of Knowledge and Freedom in Social-Democratic Thought; 13: Science, Democracy, and Social (Dis)Order: Some Concluding Reflections

O autorze

Nico Stehr