HUMA 1951 Chapter Notes -Misogyny, Gustave Le Bon, Paul Broca
4 Oct 2013
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Grewal & kaplan introductory essay to part one. The categories that science creates are often seen as truths that cannot be challenged. Focus on western science and its modes of thinking about and describing the world. Chinese or native american medicine seen as illegitimate in the western world (traditional/alternative medicine) while western science is seen as modern/legitimate. Science, or any field is produced by people people are not neutral, objective, or uninvested in what they do. Science tries to solve problems or questions that we have, but problems or questions are cultural. They are filled with many agendas and purposes and are not pure: thus, we can interpret political and cultural struggles for control and power through the rise of science and medicine. This is called biopower: biopower: the way biology and medicine are used by governments and other social interests to further the goals of those who are in power.
