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Call for Book Reviewers

Published on October 28, 2011 in Book and Newsletter. 0 Comments Tags: .

Common Ground Publishing is seeking distinguished peer reviewers to evaluate book manuscripts submitted to the Science in Society Book Series.

As part of our commitment to intellectual excellence and a rigorous review process, Common Ground sends book manuscripts that have received initial editorial approval to peer reviewers to further evaluate and provide constructive feedback. The comments and guidance that these reviewers supply is invaluable to our authors and an essential part of the publication process.

Common Ground recognizes the important role of referees by acknowledging book reviewers as members of the Science in Society Book Series Editorial Review Board for a period of at least one year. The list of members of the Editorial Review Board will be posted on our website. In addition, Common Ground also offers a US$200 voucher for each completed review which meets the standards set out by the Commissioning Editor at the commencement of assignment. Vouchers may be used in the Common Ground Bookstore or for registration at one of our international conferences.

If you would like to referee book manuscripts submitted to Science in Society please email:

  1. a brief description of your professional credentials
  2. a list of your areas of interest and expertise
  3. a copy of your CV with current contact details

If we feel you are qualified and we require refereeing for manuscripts within your purview, we will contact you.

The Fate of the Scientific Discourse in the Information Society

Published on September 27, 2010 in Book, Headline and Newsletter. 0 Comments

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The Fate of the Scientific Discourse in the Information Society by Stanislas Bigirimana is now available from the Science in Society imprint.

The hegemony of the scientific discourse was based on the discipline of the medieval synthesis. The progress of Newton’s physics and the decrease of the power and the influence of the Church prompted this decline. Therefore, revelation, tradition and (religious) authority were no longer suitable foundations of knowledge. Genuine knowledge, in the scientific era, was to be founded on human reason and proved through observation, reasoning and experimentation. Through a mixture of Newtonianism, Darwinism and positivism, scientific principles and methods were applied to human affairs. However, the fate of the scientific discourse is uncertain for two reasons. First, there is an increasing awareness that some assumptions of science are applicable to only a small portion of the universe. Moreover, human interaction enhances aspects of purpose, value and meaning that cannot be investigated and formulated in physical terms.

The ongoing information revolution is a fertile ground for new ways of thinking and styles of organization that transcend the limitations of the Cartesian tradition. In the information society, the fate of the scientific discourse is uncertain. There is an epistemological shift that embodies power comparable to the scientific revolution more than three hundred years ago.

Series: Science in Society

Published on August 8, 2010 in Book and Newsletter. 0 Comments Tags: .

We are accepting book proposals for the imprint Science in Society.

Common Ground is setting new standards of rigorous academic knowledge creation and scholarly publication.

Unlike other publishers, we’re not interested in the size of potential markets or competition from other books. We’re only interested in the intellectual quality of the work.

If your book is a brilliant contribution to a specialist area of knowledge that only serves a small intellectual community, we still want to publish it. If it is expansive and has a broad appeal, we want to publish it too, but only if it is of the highest intellectual quality.