Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science by Paul R.

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Higher Superstition by Paul R. Gross, Norman Levitt This paperback edition of Higher Superstition includes a new afterword by the authors. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description With the emergence of "cultural studies" and the blurring of once-clear academic boundaries, scholars are turning to subjects far outside their traditional disciplines and areas of expertise. In this text, scientists Paul Gross and Norman Levitt raise serious questions about the growing criticism of science by humanists and social scientists on the "academic left." This paperback edition includes a new afterword by the authors as well as the full text of Alan Sokals "Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity." Notes Now in paperback-the widely acclaimed response to the postmodernists attacks on science. Author Biography Paul R. Gross, former director and president of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, is University Professor of Life Sciences, Emeritus, at the University of Virginia and a visiting scholar at Harvard University. Norman Levitt is professor of mathematics at Rutgers University and the author of Grassmannians and Gauss Maps in Piecewise-Linear Topology. Table of Contents Preface to the 1998 Edition AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. The Academic Left and ScienceChapter 2. Some History and Politics: Natural Science and its Natural EnemiesChapter 3. The Cultural Construction of Cultural Constructivism Chapter 4. The Realm of Idle Phrases: Postmodernism, Literary Theory, and Cultural CriticismChapter 5. Auspicating GenderChapter 6. The Gates of EdenChapter 7. The Schools of IndictmentChapter 8. Why Do the People Imagine a Vain Thing?Chapter 9. Does it Matter?NotesSupplementary Notes to the 1998 EditionReferencesIndex Review We should be thankful that Gross and Levitt have provided a wake-up call. Their significant overview of the thinking of those who teach our lawyers, journalists and teachers should be read by all who are concerned by the decline of the status of science in our times. Physics Today At last, somebody has performed the invaluable service of exploding the pretentions of those who think every equation derived this century undermines the fabric of western thought. New Statesman The authors shredding of such luminaries of postmodernism and feminism as Stanley Aronowitz, Sandra Harding, and Evelyn fox Keller, among others, is not always charitable, [but] it is invariably compelling and frequently devastating. -- Elizabeth Fox-Genovese Washington Times Promotional An original, brilliant, and important book. The authors clarify the impact, mostly malign, of postmodernism-at least postmodernism in the hands of the second-rate-on the evolving curriculum in higher education. -- Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University Long Description With the emergence of cultural studies and the blurring of once-clear academic boundaries, scholars are turning to subjects far outside their traditional disciplines and areas of expertise. In Higher Superstition scientists Paul Gross and Norman Levitt raise serious questions about the growing criticism of science by humanists and social scientists on the academic left. This paperback edition of Higher Superstition includes a new afterword by the authors . Review Text ""The authors shredding of such luminaries of postmodernism and feminism as Stanley Aronowitz, Sandra Harding, and Evelyn fox Keller, among others, is not always charitable, [but] it is invariably compelling and frequently devastating."" Review Quote We should be thankful that Gross and Levitt have provided a wake-up call. Their significant overview of the thinking of those who teach our lawyers, journalists and teachers should be read by all who are concerned by the decline of the status of science in our times. Promotional "Headline" The widely acclaimed response to the postmodernists attacks on science, with a new afterword. Details ISBN0801857074 Author Norman Levitt Pages 348 Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press Language English ISBN-10 0801857074 ISBN-13 9780801857072 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press Subtitle The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science Place of Publication Baltimore, MD Country of Publication United States Audience Age 18 Short Title HIGHER SUPERSTITION REV/E Edition Description Revised Illustrations No NZ Release Date 1998-01-28 US Release Date 1998-01-28 UK Release Date 1998-01-28 Year 1998 Publication Date 1998-01-28 Alternative 9780801847660 DEWEY 500 Audience General AU Release Date 1997-11-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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