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'A country without science is like a car without an engine: it's not going anywhere', mentioned an editorial in Nature. To scientists this may sound obvious, but in today's world rational thinking matters less than ideology and prejudice. A significant part of the global population has little trust in the elite, and scientists as a social group are perceived thus. One reason for this may be the silence of the scientific community on the political economy of a world view that has brought the world to its present state. Contrary to the title of a much hyped book of the early 1990s, the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, did not result in the end of history. Nor did aggressive 'state capitalism' in China play a part. Rather, financial globalization and the myth of an all-knowing market economy got a huge fillip.
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Sumit Bhaduri
lives at No. 562, Adenwala Road, Mumbai 400 019, India

Abstract


'A country without science is like a car without an engine: it's not going anywhere', mentioned an editorial in Nature. To scientists this may sound obvious, but in today's world rational thinking matters less than ideology and prejudice. A significant part of the global population has little trust in the elite, and scientists as a social group are perceived thus. One reason for this may be the silence of the scientific community on the political economy of a world view that has brought the world to its present state. Contrary to the title of a much hyped book of the early 1990s, the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, did not result in the end of history. Nor did aggressive 'state capitalism' in China play a part. Rather, financial globalization and the myth of an all-knowing market economy got a huge fillip.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv113%2Fi01%2F18-20