A reflexive moment on "how the social sciences are thoroughly entangled in the social facts they analyze," the book ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ also helps make sense of the current world affairs, and the conditions of the interregnum we are currently traversing.

About Editors, from the Publisher

Didier Fassin is the author of Life: A Critical Userโ€™s Manual.

George Steinmetz is the author of The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought: French Sociology and the Overseas Empire.

New #Disciplines, #Fields, and #Critical Studies in the Making.

"The Social Sciences in the Looking Glass" โ€” Studies in the Production of Knowledge

๐Ÿ“A recent (2023) #book on a "Social Science of the Social Sciences" which is relevant to critically unpacking the present era of post-truth, authoritarian #regimes, and disinformation in both digital and analog spaces.

Didier Fassin and George Steinmetz (#editors), and Co-Authors
Duke University Press
https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-social-sciences-in-the-looking-glass

#nestedgovernance

The Social Sciences in the Looking Glass: Studies in the Production of Knowledge