Often lost in the debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what is being constructed. Particularly troublesome in this area is the status of the natural sciences, where there is conflict between biological and social approaches to mental illness, and in other areas. Ian Hacking looks at the issue of child abuse, and examines the ways in which advanced research on new weapons influences not the content but the form of science. In conclusion, Hacking comments on the "culture wars" in anthropology, in particular the spat between leading enthnographers over Hawaii and Captain Cook.
- ISBN10 067481200X
- ISBN13 9780674812000
- Publish Date 15 May 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Harvard University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 270
- Language English