Science Studies Meets Colonialism

The field of science and technology studies has long critiqued the idea that there is such a thing as a universal and singular "Science" that exists independently of human society, interpretation, and action. However, the multiple significant ways in which colonial legacies impact and shape this project have often remained out of sight at the edges of the discipline.

In this important book, Amit Prasad seeks to rectify this erasure, demonstrating that problematic idealized imaginaries of sc...