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

by Richard E Lee Jr, Immanuel Wallerstein

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317254843
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/03/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Richard E. Lee, Immanuel Wallerstein

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Two Cultures, Richard E. Lee, Immanuel Wallerstein; Part I Historical Construction of the Two Cultures; Chapter 2 Constructing Authority: The Rise of Science in the Modern World, Boris Stremlin; Chapter 3 Reaction and Resistance: The Natural Sciences and the Humanities, 1789–1945, Eric Mielants; Chapter 4 The Social Sciences and Alternative Disciplinary Models, Mauro Di Meglio; Chapter 5 The Ambivalent Role of Psychology and Psychoanalysis, Mark Frezzo; Chapter 6 Orientalism and Area Studies: The Case of Sinology, Ho-fung Hung; Part II Contemporary Challenges in and to the Structures of Knowledge; Chapter 7 Complexity Studies, Richard E. Lee; Chapter 8 Science Studies, Norihisa Yamashita; Chapter 9 The Cultural Turn in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Biray Kolluo?lu K?rl?, Deniz Yükseker; Chapter 10 Gender: Feminism and Women’s Studies, Volkan Aytar, Ay?e Betül Çelik; Chapter 11 Regional Categories of Analysis: Latin/o Americanisms, Agustín Lao-Montes; Chapter 12 Environment and Ecology: Concepts and Movements, Sunaryo; Chapter 13 The “Culture Wars” and the “Science Wars”, Richard E. Lee; Chapter 14 Conclusion?, Immanuel Wallerstein;