Science As a Battlefield • SftP Magazine

Science is a form of class struggle and will therefore be affected by the shifts in the power imbalance that correspond to a specific historical context.

Science As a Battlefield: Knowledge, Capital Accumulation and Class Struggle By Diego Kozlowski, Natsumi S. Shokida, Carolina Pradier Volume 27, no. 2, Political Economy of Science Art by S Foster Dimini W e were taught that science is a global enterprise for the benefit of humanity. Nevertheless, we are often confronted with the evidence that science is used for war and oppression. What determines whose interests science serves? Marx offers a valuable method for understanding the role of science in society. Since the time of his writing, the centrality of science has grown exponentially. This

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