@article{SHOSTAK_2010, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={UTOPIA IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE ‘SCIENCE WARS’}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/utopia-in-the-classroom-and-the-science-wars}, abstractNote={If our students are to gain the sophistication this subject warrants, we have to take them behind the scenes, as it were, and let them know about relevant internecine wars among branches of knowledge. The essay below explores an on-going argument between certain scientists and certain humanists about the role of biology in shaping the future. Given the strategic importance of bio chips, bio tech, cloning, DNA mapping, genomics, proteinomics, and the esoteric like, these topics are ever more important in utopian/dystopian thought. Accordingly, the essay below helps clarify issues concerning the clash of ideas, science frontiers, and our responsibilities as teachers.}, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={SHOSTAK, STANLEY}, year={2010}, month={Apr.} }