The Political Anthropology of Science An Epistemological Examination of the Tension Between Science and Ideology

The main goal of this work is to criticize the hegemonic-dominant concept of science by analyzing the discursive construction of the simplification paradigm inherited from modernity. The article identifies as problems the political- epistemological exclusions of scientific western thought: subjectivity, context, chance, power, values, ideology, affectivity, temporality and politics. The main thesis postulates that contemporary theories of the subject, such as Lacanian psychoanalysis and post-structuralist theory, offer elements to deal with those exclusions. The main contribution of this work is to propose a political anthropology for science that might support an alternative epistemology and concept of science.