{"id":33656,"date":"2011-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.observa.it\/science-religion-and-politics-robert-k-merton\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T09:41:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T09:41:01","slug":"science-religion-and-politics-robert-k-merton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.observa.it\/en\/science-religion-and-politics-robert-k-merton\/","title":{"rendered":"Science, religion and politics: Robert K. Merton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.observa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cop_merton_big.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1904\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"cop_merton_big\" src=\"https:\/\/www.observa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cop_merton_big.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>Robert K. Merton is widely recognized as the founder of the sociology of science. He was the first to reflect on science as an institution and on its relationship with other fields such as politics and religion, as well as author of the first empirical studies of science activity.<\/p>\n<p>This selection of his most influential essays on science \u2013 classic referent point at international level \u2013 is now available in a new edition. Many of the themes treated in this book have shown an increasing topical interest over time: the relevance of values and standards in scientific enterprise and in its relationship with society; the role of science in democratic societies; dynamics characterizing scientists\u2019 reputation and visibility, also in public life. A classic book to be discovered, full of cues, ideas, and humor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert K. Merton<\/strong>\u00a0(1910-2003) is one of the greatest social scientists of all time. Il Mulino Publishing House has published his major works in Italian, among which:\u00a0<em>On the Shoulders of Giants<\/em>\u00a0(1991),\u00a0<em>Social Theory and Social Structure<\/em>\u00a0(new edition, 2000) and\u00a0<em>The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity<\/em>\u00a0(2002).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Massimiano Bucchi<\/strong>, professor of Science Technology and Society at the University of Trento, edited the new edition of the volume. His most recent book is\u00a0<em>Scientisti e antiscientisti. Perch\u00e9 scienza e societ\u00e0 non si capiscono<\/em>\u00a0(\u201cScientism and Anti-Scientism: Why Science and Society Don\u2019t Understand Each Other\u201d, il Mulino, 2010).<\/p>\n<p>press review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert K. Merton is widely recognized as the founder of the sociology of science. 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