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. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction: Arthur Dent, Screwtape and the mysteries of story-telling
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- Postmodernism, grand narratives and just-so stories
- 2.
- Newton and Kissinger: Science as irony?
- 3.
- Learning to say 'I': Literature and subjectivity
- 4.
- Reconstructing religion: Fragmentation, typology and symbolism
- 5.
- The ache in the missing limb: Language, truth and presence
- 6.
- Twentieth-century fundamentalisms: Theology, truth and irony
- 7.
- Science and religion: Language, metaphor and consilience
- Concluding conversational postscript: The tomb of Napoleon.