Echoes of Lysenko: state-sponsored pseudo-science in South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Geffen, Nathan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-04T09:56:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-04T09:56:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-03T07:46:08Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | A major factor hampering the rollout of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) for HIV/AIDS in the public health sector is state support of pseudo-science. This paper examines state-sponsored pseudo-science in South Africa with a particular focus on the case of Matthias Rath and his claim that HAART is an ineffective and harmful form of treatment and that multivitamins should instead be used as a substitute to treat and cure AIDS.? The paper examines similarities and differences between state support in South Africa for AIDS-denialists such as Rath and state support in the former Soviet Union for Lysenko, a pseudo-scientist who lacked scientific training. In both cases, state support for pseudo-science has had policy implications, and resulted in many deaths. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Geffen, N. (2006). <i>Echoes of Lysenko: state-sponsored pseudo-science in South Africa</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19406 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Geffen, Nathan <i>Echoes of Lysenko: state-sponsored pseudo-science in South Africa.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19406 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Geffen, N. (2005). Echoes of Lysenko: state-sponsored pseudo-science in South Africa. Centre for Social Science Research: University of Cape Town | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Geffen, Nathan AB - A major factor hampering the rollout of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) for HIV/AIDS in the public health sector is state support of pseudo-science. This paper examines state-sponsored pseudo-science in South Africa with a particular focus on the case of Matthias Rath and his claim that HAART is an ineffective and harmful form of treatment and that multivitamins should instead be used as a substitute to treat and cure AIDS.? The paper examines similarities and differences between state support in South Africa for AIDS-denialists such as Rath and state support in the former Soviet Union for Lysenko, a pseudo-scientist who lacked scientific training. In both cases, state support for pseudo-science has had policy implications, and resulted in many deaths. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Echoes of Lysenko: state-sponsored pseudo-science in South Africa TI - Echoes of Lysenko: state-sponsored pseudo-science in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19406 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19406 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Geffen N. Echoes of Lysenko: state-sponsored pseudo-science in South Africa. 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19406 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Echoes of Lysenko: state-sponsored pseudo-science in South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |