Overcoming the Two Cultures: Science vs. the humanities in the modern world-system

by Immanuel Wallerstein and Richard E. Lee

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1594510687

ISBN13:9781594510687

Release Date:November 2004

Publisher:Routledge

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.06 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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Education Education & Reference Reference Social Science Social Sciences

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