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On-line Seminar 
 
Steve Fuller on The Governance of Science 
 
Steve Fuller will be hosting a seminar on his recent book _The  
Governance of Science: Ideology and the Future of the Open  
Society_ between July 23 and July 30 on the Hayek-L email list, on  
the web at:   
 
   http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/hayek-l.html 
 
 
Those who wish to participate in the seminar may subscribe to the  
Hayek-L email list thru the Hayek-L web site, or by sending the  
message:   
 
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Fuller's online seminar will begin Sunday July 23 with an informal  
introduction to the contents & arguments of his book _The  
Governance of Science: Ideology and the Future of the Open  
Society_.  Steve will then field questions & reply to comments on  
the contents of his book thru the week on the Hayek-L email list,  
concluding Saturday, July 30.  A brief introduction to Fuller's book  
can also be found at the Open University Press web page for the  
book at:   
 
  http://195.89.185.89/bd.cgi/openup/isb?0335202349 
 
In the words of the book's publisher, 
 
"This ground-breaking text offers a fresh perspective on the  
governance of science from the standpoint of social and political  
theory. Science has often been seen as the only institution that  
embodies the elusive democratic ideal of the 'open society'. Yet,  
science remains an elite activity that commands much more public  
trust than understanding, even though science has become  
increasingly entangled with larger political and economic issues.  
Fuller proceeds by rejecting liberal and communitarian ideologies of  
science, in favour of a 'republican' approach centred on 'the right to  
be wrong'. He shows how the recent scaling up of scientific activity  
has undermined the republican ideal. The centrepiece of the book,  
a social history of the struggle to render the university a 'republic of  
science' focuses on the potential challenges posed by  
multiculturalism and capitalism. Finally, drawing on the science  
policy of the US New Deal, Fuller proposes 'nothing short of a new  
social contract for ''secularizing'' science."   
 
Steve Fuller is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick.  
 Fuller is also the author of _Thomas Kuhn: A Philosophical History  
for Our Times_, recently published by the U. of Chicago Press. His  
email address is:  [log in to unmask]   
 
Information on the Hayek-L email list, along with information on  
past Hayek-L seminars can be found at the Friedrich Hayek  
Scholars' Page, on the web at:   
 
  http://www.hayekcenter.org/friedrichhayek/hayek.html 
 
The Hayek Scholars' Page will also be including a link to the  
Amazon (US) web bookstore page on _The Governance of  
Science: Ideology and the Future of the Open Society_.   
 
If you have any questions about the Hayek-L list or the Fuller  
seminar, please send a message directly to:   
 
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Greg Ransom 
Hayek-L list host 
 
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