Science under Siege

Contesting the Secular Religion of Scientism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Av Dick Houtman, Stef Aupers, Rudi Laermans

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Identifying scientism as religion’s secular counterpart, this collection studies contemporary contestations of the authority of science. These controversies suggest that what we are witnessing today is not an increase in the authority of science at the cost of religion, but a dual decline in the authorities of religion and science alike.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-05-13
Mått148 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCultural Sociology
Antal sidor242
Upplaga21001
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030696481

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Dick Houtman is Senior Professor of Sociology of Culture and Religion at the Center for Sociological Research at the University of Leuven, Belgium, and Faculty Fellow at the Center for Cultural Sociology, Yale University, USA.Stef Aupers is Senior Professor of Media Culture at the Institute for Media Studies at the University of Leuven, Belgium.Rudi Laermans is Senior Professor of Social Theory at the Center for Sociological Research at the University of Leuven, Belgium.

1. Introduction: A Cultural Sociology of the Authority of Science.- 2. The Disenchantment of the World and the Authority of Sociology: How the Queen of the Sciences Lost Her Throne.- 3. Down the Rabbit Hole: Heterodox Science on the Internet.- 4. The Pluralization of Academia: Disentangling Artistic Research.- 5. Elective Affinities between Religion and Neuroscience: The Cases of Conservative Protestantism and Mindfulness Spirituality.- 6. Cultural Worldviews and Lay Interpretations of Research Findings: The Role of the Scientific Consensus.- 7. ‘Science without Scientists’: DIY Biology and the Renegotiation of the Life Sciences.- 8. Contesting Epistemic Authority: Conspiracy Theories on the Boundaries of Science.- 9. A Science Confidence Gap: Education, Trust in Scientific Methods, and Trust in Scientific Institutions in the United States, 2014.