Science, technology, and society in China

Disciplinary Elective Course

This course will consider prevalent knowledge and outstanding issues in the history, philosophy, sociology, and anthropology of science and technology in modern and contemporary China. The selected materials in this course are intended not to survey the entire spectrum of knowledge in science and technology in China but rather to emphasize certain salient topics and issues that will enable a solid grasp of the historical emergences and modern divergences of science and technology in a transnational context.