Consecrating Science

Wonder, Knowledge, and the Natural World

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvLisa H. Sideris

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Debunking myths behind what is known collectively as the new cosmology-a grand, overlapping set of narratives that claim to bring science and spirituality together-Lisa H. Sideris offers a searing critique of the movement's anthropocentric vision of the world. In Consecrating Science, Sideris argues that instead of cultivating an ethic of respect for nature, the new cosmology encourages human arrogance, uncritical reverence for science, and indifference to nonhuman life. Exploring moral sensibilities rooted in experience of the natural world, Sideris shows how a sense of wonder can foster environmental attitudes that will protect our planet from ecological collapse for years to come.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-08-15
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagUniversity of California Press
ISBN9780520294974

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Return of Mythopoeic Science1. Seeking What Is Good in Wonder2. The Book of Nature and the Book of Science: Richard Dawkins on Wonder3. E. O. Wilson’s Ionian Enchantment: A Tale of Two Realities4. Evolutionary Enchantment and Denatured Religious Naturalism5. Anthropic and Anthropocene Narratives of the New Cosmology6. Genesis 2.0: The Epic of Evolution as Religion of Reality7. Making Sense of WonderNotesGlossary of TermsReferencesIndex

"Lisa Sideris’s Consecrating Science: Wonder, Knowledge, and the Natural World is a rich and deeply insightful analysis of a family of ambitious historical narratives, each of which is vying to become the new myth everyone lives by. Through careful textual study, Sideris convincingly argues that despite their stated goal of promoting a deep respect and care for the natural world, these narratives may inadvertently undermine development of the environmental ethic they seek to foster."