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pp. 314, notes, reference, index. “Gross and Levitt explore the origins and history of the trend and examine examples of ‘science bashing’ from an array of currently fashionable viewpoints – postmodernism, feminism, radical environmentalism, multiculturalism, and AIDS activism. They find the origins of antiscience attitudes not only in modern discontents but also in a long tradition of Romantic unhappiness with Rationalism. Their concerns, however, are clearly for the present and the future. They question how far the university community should go in validating nonscientific judgement’s of science. And they warn that the long-term consequences of these trends – for science education and for public judgement of scientific issues – may be infinitely more serious than they ‘political correctness’ wars currently being waged on university campuses.”
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| ISBN | 0801857074 | |
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| ISBN13 | 9780801857072 | |
| Number of pages | 314 | |
| Original Title | Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels With Science | |
| Published Date | 1994 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | No Dustjacket | |
| Binding | Paperback | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore | |
| Edition | third | |
| Category: | Science | |
| Authors: | Norman Levitt, Paul R. Gross | |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
pp. 314, notes, reference, index. “Gross and Levitt explore the origins and history of the trend and examine examples of ‘science bashing’ from an array of currently fashionable viewpoints – postmodernism, feminism, radical environmentalism, multiculturalism, and AIDS activism. They find the origins of antiscience attitudes not only in modern discontents but also in a long tradition of Romantic unhappiness with Rationalism. Their concerns, however, are clearly for the present and the future. They question how far the university community should go in validating nonscientific judgement’s of science. And they warn that the long-term consequences of these trends – for science education and for public judgement of scientific issues – may be infinitely more serious than they ‘political correctness’ wars currently being waged on university campuses.”
| Weight | 1.1 kg |
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