A wide-raging exploration of the place of uncertainty in our emotional and political lives.From climate change to the pandemic, uncertainty looms large over our public and personal lives. It is also the core feature of democratic life:...

Dreamscapes of Modernity von Jasanoff, Sheila

"Designs on Nature: Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States" von Sheila Jasanoff untersucht die komplexen Beziehungen zwischen Wissenschaft, Technologie und Gesellschaft in Europa und den USA. Jasanoff analysiert, wie...

Since the discovery of the structure of DNA and the birth of the genetic age, a powerful vocabulary has emerged to express science's growing command over the matter of life. Armed with knowledge of the code that governs all living...