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Title:Scientific Ethos, Authoritarian Regimes and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author:Ninalowo, AdebayoISNI
Year:1995
Periodical:Africa Development: A Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA (ISSN 0850-3907)
Volume:20
Issue:2
Pages:99-111
Language:English
Geographic term:Subsaharan Africa
Subjects:science
ethics
social change
Politics and Government
Miscellaneous (i.e. Demography, Refugees, Sports)
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/43658380
Abstract:Authoritarian regimes are the rule rather than the exception across sub-Saharan Africa. The author advances the idea that authoritarian regimes are antithetical to the four key properties of scientific ethos, viz. universalism, collective epistemic ownership, selflessness and institutionalized scepticism. He argues that authoritarian conditions are, therefore, counterproductive to social change because scientific rationality is a key requirement for social change. The author develops a model that contributes to an understanding of the dynamics of authoritarian regimes and science in relation to social change, with a view to finding alternative socioeconomic and political forms of social organization in sub-Saharan Africa. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in French.
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