Preface		ix
Chapter 1: The Superconducting Supercollider		1
	Introduction	1
	The Superconducting Supercollider	4
	Weimar Culture and Quantum Mechanics	10
	Small Is Beautiful	14
	Postmodern Technoscience	17
Chapter 2: Postmodernism and Technoscience		21
	Prologue	21
	Background	22
	Should There Be Postmodern Philosophy of Science?	24
	From Science to Politics through Critique	33
	Feminist and Postmodern Engagement	37
	Liberal Intolerance and Radical Engagement	39
Chapter 3: Translation as a Political Agenda		43
	Introduction	43
	Politics of Translation	45
	Indeterminacy of Translation	50
	Language Games	55
	The Politics of Games	62
Chapter 4: Postmodern Technoscience: A Critical Engagement		65
	Introduction	65
	Modernist Philosophy of Science and Romantic Postmodernism	66
	Scientific Communication	67
	Lyotard's Postmodern Philosophy of Science	69
	Toulmin's Postmodern Philosophy of Science	73
	Feminist Postmodern (Philosophy of) Science	75
	The Politics of Postmodern Technoscience	77
Chapter 5: A Feminist Engagement: Popper & Haraway		83
	Introduction	83
	Politicizing Epistemology: An Odyssey	85
	Transcending Situatedness	88
	Situating Transcendence	91
	Rationality as Situated Logic	94
	The Politics of Knowledge: Strategic Alliances	98
Chapter 6: The Material Conditions of Postmodern Technoscience		101
	Introduction	101
	The Inevitability of Reality	102
	The Ambiguity of Reality	104
	PreSocratic Reality	106
	Reality, Politics, and Ethics	109
	Postmodern Political Economy	113
	Coordinated Elasticity: The Virtual Corporation	120
Chapter 7: Art and Imagination: Intellectual Responsibility		125
	Cultural Context	125
	Conscience and Responsibility	129
	Art and the Monitor	131
	The Multiversity	133
	References	141
	Index	153