Hyperprofessionalism and the Crisis of Readership in the History of Science
Hyperprofessionalism and the Crisis of Readership in the History of Science
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科学史的过度专业主义和读者危机
作者：
S. Shapin
和许多其他学科一样，我们这个领域的工作也面临着读者危机。其原因之一是我们非常重视的职业精神的病态形式。“高度专业化”是一种疾病，其症状包括自我指涉，自我专注和智力焦点缩小。本文描述了科学史上超专业主义的一些特征和后果，并提出了一个可能的治疗方法。
There is a crisis of readership for work in our field, as in many other academic disciplines. One of its causes is a pathological form of the professionalism that we so greatly value. “Hyperprofessionalism” is a disease whose symptoms include self‐referentiality, self‐absorption, and a narrowing of intellectual focus. This essay describes some features and consequences of hyperprofessionalism in the history of science and offers a modest suggestion for a possible cure.