ISBN:
9781582439280
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (97 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Berry, Wendell Life Is a Miracle : An Essay Against Modern Superstition
DDC:
306.45
Keywords:
Knowledge, Theory of
Abstract:
[A] scathing assessmentBerry shows that Wilson's much-celebrated, controversial pleas in Consilience to unify all branches of knowledge is nothing more than a fatuous subordination of religion, art, and everything else that is good to scienceBerry is one of the most perceptive critics of American society writing today.-Lauren F. Winner, Washington Post Book WorldI am tempted to say he understands [Consilience] better than Wilson himselfA new emancipation proclamation in which he speaks again and again about how to defy the tyranny of scientific materialism.-Colin C. Campbell, Christian Science MonitorBerry takes a wrecking ball to E. O. Wilson's Consilience, reducing its smug assumptions regarding the fusion of science, art, and religion to so much rubble.-Kirkus ReviewsIn Life Is a Miracle, the devotion of science to the quantitative and reductionist world is measured against the mysterious, qualitative suggestions of religion and art. Berry sees life as the collision of these separate forces, but without all three in the mix we are left at sea in the world
Abstract:
Intro -- Life is a Miracle -- Also by Wendell Berry -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- I. Ignorance -- II. Propriety -- III. On Edward O. Wilson's Consilience -- IV. Reduction and Religion -- V. Reduction and Art -- VI. A Conversation Out of School -- VII. Toward a Change of Standards -- VIII. Some Notes in Conclusion
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