Wishful Science
The Persistence of T. D. Lysenko’s Agrobiology in the Politics of Science
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7937002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nils Roll-Hansen, N R Hansen (University of Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 166-188 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Osiris (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0369-7827 • E-ISSN: 1933-8287 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/591873 |
| PMID | 18831321 |
| OpenAlex | W1972672471 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
The suppression of genetics in Soviet Russia was the big scandal of twentieth-century science. It was also a test case for the role of scientists in a liberal democracy. The intellectual's perennial dilemma between scientific truthfulness and political loyalty was sharpened by acute ideological conflicts. The central topic of this essay is how the conflict was played out in Soviet agricultural and biological science in the 1930s and 1940s. The account is focused on the role of the then current Soviet science policy and its basic epistemic principles, the "unity of theory and practice" and the "practice criterion of truth"
Democracy · Dilemma · Epistemology · Ideology · Loyalty · Political science · Politics · Scientism · Social science · Sociology · Wishful thinking · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation · Social Psychology · Soviet and Russian History
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2021 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |