Narrative, religion, and science : fundamentalism versus irony, 1700-1999 /
"An increasing number of contemporary scientists, philosophers and theologians downplay their professional authority and describe their work as simply 'telling stories about the world'. If this is so, Stephen Prickett argues, literary criticism can (and should) be applied to all these...
| Основен автор: | Prickett, Stephen. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=112641 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Narrative, religion, and science. |
| Резюме: |
"An increasing number of contemporary scientists, philosophers and theologians downplay their professional authority and describe their work as simply 'telling stories about the world'. If this is so, Stephen Prickett argues, literary criticism can (and should) be applied to all these fields." "Such new-found modesty is not necessarily postmodernist scepticism towards all grand narratives, but it often conceals a widespread confusion and naivety about what 'telling stories', 'description' or 'narrative' actually involve. While postmodernists define 'narrative' in opposition to the experimental 'knowledge' of science (Lyotard), some scientists insist that science is itself story-telling (Gould); certain philosophers and theologians even see all knowledge simply as stories created by language (Rorty; Cupitt). Yet story-telling is neither innocent nor empty-handed. Register, rhetoric and imagery all manipulate in their own ways; above all, irony emerges as the natural mode of our modern fragmented culture. Prickett argues that since the eighteenth century there have been only two possible ways of understanding the world: the fundamentalist, and the ironic."--Jacket. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (viii, 281 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-273) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0511042221 9780511042225 9780521811361 0521811368 9780511613456 0511613458 9780511045134 0511045131 0511157088 9780511157080 1280419555 9781280419553 |