ANT 261 - Science, Religion, and Society

Instructor
Lozada

Inquiry into the production and cultural meanings of scientific knowledge and technological change. Comparison of the function and rhetoric of scientific “truths” to other modes of truth-production, such as religion, and consideration of the cultural production of the language of science. Topics include the conflict and dialogue between science and religion, rationality, ethics and the practice of science, environmental issues, and social change.

Prerequisites & Notes
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. (Not offered 2010-2011; offered in alternating years.)