Naomi Aronson
Biographic Data
| ID | 284609 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Naomi Aronson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Naomi |
| FAMILY NAME | Aronson |
| SIGNATURE | ARONSON N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6386-0946 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Discovery of Resistance Historical Accounts and Scientific Careers
Comment on Bryan Turner's 'The Government of the Body
Bryan Turner's 'The Government of the Body: Medical Regimens and the Rationalization of Diet'1 draws our attention to the development of dietary science as a neglected example of the rationalization of culture in industrial capitalism. Turner's purpose is to sociologically 'embody' Foucault's concept of the 'government of the body' by identifying 'the social origins of beliefs, the carriers of knowledge, and the audience [addressed] .2 Based on a…
As Sociology Meets History
The Social Basis of Scientific Discoveries. Augustine Brannigan
Sciences and cultures
Social definitions of entitlement
The processes by which people conceptualize human needs are of fundamental social and theoretical importance. This is nowhere more evident than in contem-porary debates over the nature and morality of ’consumer society’. Recently in this journal, Schudson (1981) identified three major positions in the debate. Critics of both the capitalist economy and of advertising charge that modern marketing techniques create distorted and insatiable notions o…
The Cancer Mission
Nutrition as a Social Problem
From 1885 to 1900, the first generation of nutrition scientists in the United States successfully campaigned for federal funding for their research. They claimed that nutrition science could improve the living conditions of the working class without raising wages, by showing workers how to eat economically. This paper traces five stages in the construction of nutrition as a social problem through an examination of the career of Wilbur O. Atwater,…
Rockefeller Medicine Men
Disease and economic development
Nutrition as a Social Problem
From 1885 to 1900, the first generation of nutrition scientists in the United States successfully campaigned for federal funding for their research. They claimed that nutrition science could improve the living conditions of the working class without raising wages, by showing workers how to eat economically. This paper traces five stages in the construction of nutrition as a social problem through an examination of the career of Wilbur O. Atwater,…
Sciences and cultures
The Discovery of Resistance Historical Accounts and Scientific Careers
Social definitions of entitlement
The processes by which people conceptualize human needs are of fundamental social and theoretical importance. This is nowhere more evident than in contem-porary debates over the nature and morality of ’consumer society’. Recently in this journal, Schudson (1981) identified three major positions in the debate. Critics of both the capitalist economy and of advertising charge that modern marketing techniques create distorted and insatiable notions o…
Disease and economic development
Rockefeller Medicine Men
Social definitions of entitlement
The processes by which people conceptualize human needs are of fundamental social and theoretical importance. This is nowhere more evident than in contem-porary debates over the nature and morality of ’consumer society’. Recently in this journal, Schudson (1981) identified three major positions in the debate. Critics of both the capitalist economy and of advertising charge that modern marketing techniques create distorted and insatiable notions o…
The Cancer Mission
Nutrition as a Social Problem
From 1885 to 1900, the first generation of nutrition scientists in the United States successfully campaigned for federal funding for their research. They claimed that nutrition science could improve the living conditions of the working class without raising wages, by showing workers how to eat economically. This paper traces five stages in the construction of nutrition as a social problem through an examination of the career of Wilbur O. Atwater,…
As Sociology Meets History
The Social Basis of Scientific Discoveries. Augustine Brannigan
Sciences and cultures
Comment on Bryan Turner's 'The Government of the Body
Bryan Turner's 'The Government of the Body: Medical Regimens and the Rationalization of Diet'1 draws our attention to the development of dietary science as a neglected example of the rationalization of culture in industrial capitalism. Turner's purpose is to sociologically 'embody' Foucault's concept of the 'government of the body' by identifying 'the social origins of beliefs, the carriers of knowledge, and the audience [addressed] .2 Based on a…
The Discovery of Resistance Historical Accounts and Scientific Careers
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Download (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Library science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)