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Focus: Global histories of science: introduction

Sivasundaram, Sujit (2010) Focus: Global histories of science: introduction. Isis, 101 (1). pp. 95-97. ISSN 0021-1753

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Identification Number: 10.1086/652690

Abstract

An interest in global histories of science is not new. Yet the project envisioned by this Focus section is different from that pursued by natural historians and natural philosophers in the early modern age. Instead of tracing universal patterns, there is value in attending to the connections and disconnections of science on the global stage. Instead of assuming the precision of science's boundaries, historians might consider the categories of “science” and “indigenous knowledge” to have emerged from globalization. New global histories of science will be characterized by critical reflection on the limits of generalization, as well as a creative adoption of new sources, methods, and chronologies, in an attempt to decenter the European history of science. Such a project holds the promise of opening up new conversations between historians, anthropologists, philosophers, and sociologists of science. It is of critical importance if the discipline is not to fragment into regional and national subfields or become dominated by structural frameworks such as imperialism.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/isis/current
Additional Information: © 2010 University of Chicago Press
Divisions: International History
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
D History General and Old World > D History (General)
Date Deposited: 25 Aug 2009 14:09
Last Modified: 14 Mar 2024 04:54
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/24985

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