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Consecrating science : wonder, knowledge, and the natural world / Lisa H. Sideris.
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Sideris, Lisa H.
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English
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
©2017
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xi, 281 pages ; 23 cm
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Environmental ethics
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"In Consecrating Science, Lisa Sideris offers a searing critique of 'The New Cosmology, ' a complex network of overlapping movements that claim to bring together science and spirituality, all in the name of saving our planet from impending ecological collapse. Highly regarded in many academic circles, these movements have been endorsed by numerous prominent scholars, scientists, historians, and educators. Their express goal--popularized in numerous books, films, TED talks, YouTube videos, podcasts, and even introductory courses at places like Harvard or Washington University--is to instill in readers and audiences a profound sense of being at home in the universe, thereby fostering environmentally responsible behavior. Whether promoted as 'The New Story, ' 'The Universe Story, ' or 'The Epic of Evolution, ' they all offer humanity a new sacred story, a common creation myth for modern times and for all people: the evolutionary unfolding of the universe from the Big Bang to the present. Evolutionary science and religious cosmology--together at last! But as Sideris shows, however, the New Cosmology actually underwrites a staggeringly anthropocentric vision of the world. Instead of cultivating an ethic of respect for nature, the project of 'consecrating science' only increases human arrogance and indifference to nonhuman life. Going back to the work of Rachel Carson and other naturalists, the author shows how a sense of wonder, rooted in the natural world and our own ethical impulses, helps foster environmental attitudes and policies that protect our planet"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the return of mythopoeic science
Seeking what is good in wonder
The book of nature and the book of science : Richard Dawkins on wonder
E.O. Wilson's ionian enchantment : a tale of two realities
Evolutionary enchantment and denatured religious naturalism
Anthropic and anthropocene narratives of the new cosmology
Genesis 2.0 : the epic of evolution as religion of reality
Making sense of wonder.
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ISBN
9780520294974 (hardcover ; : alkaline paper)
0520294971 (hardcover ; : alkaline paper)
9780520294998 (paperback ; : alkaline paper)
0520294998 (paperback ; : alkaline paper)
LCCN
2017003514
OCLC
974795986
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