http://thesocietypages.org/thickculture/2008/10/31/science-and-politics/ A multi-disciplinary blog about what makes cultures "thick": public discourse, multiculturalism, technology, and civic engagement. Fri, 25 May 2012 06:01:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://thesocietypages.org/thickculture/2008/10/31/science-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Jonathan Pfeiffer Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:43:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/thickculture/?p=250#comment-532 Point well taken, Sameer. Do you think there is a strong distinction between understanding governance (or how it works) and actually doing the governing? Point well taken, Sameer. Do you think there is a strong distinction between understanding governance (or how it works) and actually doing the governing?

]]> http://thesocietypages.org/thickculture/2008/10/31/science-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Sameer Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:13:48 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/thickculture/?p=250#comment-530 While I agree that the SEED paragraph is overreaching and overemphasizing the position of science, I don't necessarily agree that science has nothing to do with organizing communities. If one is willing to include the social sciences under the umbrella of scientific though, then look no further than the works of Max Weber on the sociology of politics and government. I agree that the processes of science and politics are different, but science may well just help us understand the political process. Hope that makes some sort of sense. While I agree that the SEED paragraph is overreaching and overemphasizing the position of science, I don’t necessarily agree that science has nothing to do with organizing communities. If one is willing to include the social sciences under the umbrella of scientific though, then look no further than the works of Max Weber on the sociology of politics and government. I agree that the processes of science and politics are different, but science may well just help us understand the political process. Hope that makes some sort of sense.

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