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David Lowenthal

Quest for the Unity of Knowledge

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Is unity of knowledge possible? Is it desirable? Two rival visions clash. One seeks a single way of explaining everything known and knowable about ourselves and the universe. The other champions diverse modes of understanding served by disparate kinds of evidence. Contrary views pit science against the arts and humanities. Scientists generally laud and seek convergence. Artists and humanists deplore amalgamation as a threat to humane values. These opposing perspectives flamed into hostility in the 1950s Two Cultures clash. They culminate today in new efforts to conjoin insights into physical nature and human culture, and new fears lest such s… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-429-87642-4
  • EAN: 9780429876424
  • Produktnummer: 29405832
  • Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
  • Seitenangabe: 232 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 1'651 KB
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor


David Lowenthal, Emeritus Professor of Geography and Honorary Research Fellow at University College London, was an American historian and geographer. He was a renowned authority on heritage and conservation history, who died just days after he received the proofs. In 2016 he received the British Academy Medal for The Past Is a Foreign Country-Revisited. The medal honors a landmark academic achievement which has transformed understanding in the humanities and social sciences in a book exploring the manifold ways in which history engages, illuminates and deceives us.

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