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Overview
In this rich and original work, the author argues that science is the highest expression of bourgeois thought and whilst it may have liberated mankind, it has also devised new forms of repression, discipline and control.Synopsis
In this rich and original work, the author argues that science is the highest expression of bourgeois thought and whilst it may have liberated mankind, it has also devised new forms of repression, discipline and control.
Booknews
Ferguson (sociology, Glasgow U.) investigates the formation, structure, and subsequent collapse of the bourgeois world view, by exploring how the external and internal worlds have been viewed in relation to each other since the middle ages. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)