Mata, Tiago;
(2011)
The History of the Social Sciences since 1945.
History of Political Economy
, 19
(2)
pp. 224-226.
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Abstract
I was reading The History of the Social Sciences, when I received on my inbox Philip Mirowski's review of the book for EH-NET (SHOE list 19th of November 2010). It is good practice in reviewing books to pretend that one's reading is an isolated act of scholarly judgment, without influence of conversation with peers or the occasional glimpse at the next guy's review. Mirowski by force of words does not permit such veils. Among dark humor and other uncharitable remarks, he dubbed the volume “admirable in its motives” but “frustrating in execution”, ultimately a “quixotic quest”. As I continued my reading, Mirowski's words haunted me. The reason I could not exorcise the specter was because it had some truth to communicate.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The History of the Social Sciences since 1945 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/23723552. |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10201016 |
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