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Narrative, Religion and Science: Fundamentalism versus Irony, 1700–1999 Prickett, Stephen (Duke University, North Carolina)
Narrative, Religion and Science: Fundamentalism versus Irony, 1700–1999
Prickett, Stephen (Duke University, North Carolina)
An increasing number of contemporary scientists, philosophers and theologians downplay their professional authority and describe their work as simply 'telling stories about the world'. Yet story telling is neither innocent nor empty-handed. Register, rhetoric and imagery are manipulative, and irony emerges as the natural mode of our modern fragmented culture.
290 pages, bibliography
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 28, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521009836 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 290 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 19 mm · 465 g |
| Language | English |