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Science, colonialism, and indigenous peoples the cultural politics of law and knowledge
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Title
Science, colonialism, and indigenous peoples [electronic resource] : the cultural politics of law and knowledge / Laurelyn Whitt.
ISBN
9780511651564 (electronic bk.)
0511651562 (electronic bk.)
9780521119535 (hardback)
Published
Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xviii, 265 pages)
Summary
This book examines how contemporary relations between indigenous and Western nations are shaped by the dynamics of power, the politics of property, and the apologetics of law.
Other formats
Print version: Whitt, Laurelyn. Science, colonialism, and indigenous peoples. Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2009
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 02, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-254) and index.
Contents
Imperialism then and now
Indigenous knowledge, power, and responsibility
Value-neutrality and value-bifurcation : the cultural politics of science
The rhetoric of research justification
Indigenist critiques of biocolonialism
The commodification of knowledge
Intellectual property rights as means and mechanism of imperialism
Transforming sovereignties.
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