Overview
- Assembles the classics of Marxist historiography of Science
- First publication of a book by Grossman; New and reliable translation of Hessen
- Provides an introduction in depth to their theories
- Outlines the historical context of these theories and their biased anti-Marxist reception
Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 278)
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“This book is an important gateway to study how Marxist ideas have shaped the development of science studies. … This volume … provides an enlightening introduction to the first stage in the shaping of modern science studies by Marxist theory. It also effectively opens a historical window to questions about later interactions of Marxism and science studies. … a book that is very helpful in understanding of how ideas about the social nature and role of science have developed since the 1930s … .” (Nils Roll-Hansen, Metascience, Vol. 21, 2012)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Social and Economic Roots of the Scientific Revolution
Book Subtitle: Texts by Boris Hessen and Henryk Grossmann
Editors: Gideon Freudenthal, Peter McLaughlin
Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9604-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9603-7Published: 17 June 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9193-0Published: 23 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9604-4Published: 20 May 2009
Series ISSN: 0068-0346
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 273
Topics: History of Science, Philosophy of Science, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics