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100			_aSharon, Ammel _943040
245			_aMirror and the lamp
260			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
300			_a58(43), Oct 28, 2023: p.27-29
520			_aIn Deepa Dhanraj’s film, We Have Not Come Here to Die (2018), which follows the events after Rohith Vemula’s death on the campus of the University of Hyderabad, there is an unforgettable scene in which Ambedkarite students and Vemula’s friends storm the science building demanding accountability from the vice chancellor, who is also a scientist. The camera notes the stand-off as disaffected science students murmur that Vemula was no brother of theirs. Outside, a student expresses annoyance at the interruption of her research. The scene calls to mind the anti-Mandal agitations led by medical students against caste reservations, and both beg the question: Does disciplinary training preclude fraternity and social conscience? It is a question we might associate with the debate between Karl Popper and the Frankfurt School (Adorno et al 1977). The Frankfurt School—known for critical theory—attempted a practical theory of society in the wake of fascism in Europe, while Popper’s critical empiricism and his falsification principle turned away from the deterministic outlook of Marxism in his time. This debate demonstrated that for both the sciences and the social sciences, knowledge cannot avoid value judgments, whether in subjecting empirical questions to scientific investigation or by proceeding with a philosophical view of the social totality.- Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/43/book-reviews/mirror-and-lamp.html
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
906			_aBOOK REVIEW
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