Overcoming the Two Cultures: Science vs. the humanities in the modern world-system (Fernand Braudel Center Series) - Softcover

Lee Jr, Richard E; Wallerstein, Immanuel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594510695 ISBN 13: 9781594510694

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

This book tells the story of how the very idea of two cultures-the so-called divorce between science and the humanities-was a creation of the modern world-system. The contributors, working from a common research framework, trace the divorce of "facts" and "values" as part of the transition from feudalism to capitalism. This led to a polarization between universalist "science" and the particularist "humanities" and finally to the creation of the social sciences as an uneasy intermediary in this epistemological debate. The book addresses the contemporary attempts to overcome the division between the two cultures that emerge from science, feminism, race and ethnic studies, cultural studies, and ecology, ending with an analysis of the culture wars and the science wars. Contributors: Volkan Aytar, Ay,se Betul Celik, Mauro Di Meglio, Mark Frezzo, Ho-fung Hung, Biray Kolloupglu K3/4rl3/4, Agustin Lao- Montes, Eric Mielants, Boris Stremlin, Sunaryo, Norihisa Yamashita, Deniz Yukeseker.

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Contributors
Boris Stremlin, Eric Mielants, Mauro Di Meglio, Mark Frezzo, Ho-fung Hung, Norihisa Yamashita, Biray Kollouğlu Kirli, Deniz Yükseker Volkan Aytar, Ayşe Betül Colic, Agustín Lao-Montes, Sunaryo

About the Author

Immanuel Wallerstein has been a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University since 2000, having taught previously at many distinguished universities. Among his many books, he is the author of the magisterial 4-volume work, The Modern World System. Volume IV is recently published.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1594510695
• ISBN 13: 9781594510694
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256