08586nam 2200601 a 450 991078043390332120221003233951.00-585-11499-41-282-32450-097866123245051-4106-0299-0(CKB)2420000000003240(StDuBDS)BDZ0007992013(SSID)ssj0000129256(PQKBManifestationID)11139857(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129256(PQKBWorkID)10070555(PQKB)10802366(MiAaPQ)EBC425434(EXLCZ)99242000000000324020130620d1998 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrConstructing the beginning discourses of creation science /by Simon LockeS.l. Routledge19981 online resource (248 p.)Routledge Communication SeriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8058-2346-8 Contents: Preface. Let There Be Rationalization. Creating "Creation Science." Science--After Its Kind(s). Why God Made Evolutionists. Constructing "The Beginning." Science--Variation in Species. Rhetoric as Usual.In Constructing the Beginning , Simon Locke offers a new approach to considering the enigma of creation science, using the perspective of discourse analysis. Using the publications of the British Creation Science Movement to perform a detailed analysis of the creationist case, Locke demonstrates that the discourses and rhetorics used by natural and social scientists are also employed by non-scientists. Out of this study, a view of science as a cultural resource develops, questioning the adequacy of perceived sociological wisdom that sees science as the source and emmbodiment of cultural "rationalization." As a case study of the use of science as a discursive resource in everyday life, Constructing the Beginning speaks to scholars of discourse analysis, constructionism, rhetorics, and the public understanding of science. It will also be of great interest to scholars in the areas of cultural studies, sociology of scientific knowledge and of religion, postmodernism, and sociological theory. Additional Copy Creation science is the target of much attack these days from both within and outside of the orthodox scientific community. This book, however, takes a different approach. It is not an attack on creationism; nor is it a defense. The author's interest is not in creationism at all, but rather, it is in the questions of the role and significance of science in modernity or the public understanding of science. Locke's approach to this issue is a discursive and rhetorical one. Creationism is treated as a case study of the argumentative engagement between science and non-science which--in his view--is as central to the commonsense lifeworld of modernity as much as it is to the lives of its intellectuals. An important dimension of the public meaning of science in modernity is its limits and its relations with other modes of thought and belief, which continue to survive as discourses in the wider culture. Creationism is merely one example of this general feature. The book begins with a discussion of the current issues in the public understanding of science in relation to traditional sociological views of the impact of science on modernity. This is examined through rationalization and the contrasting view derived from the sociology of scientific knowledge which points to the likelihood of a much more complex and variable relationship than rationalization proposes. It continues with an argument and detailed analysis that focuses on three main points: *the problem of a competing account of reality (the world), in the form of evolution; *the problem of competing accounts of the Bible (the Word), in the form of different versions of Christianity; and *the realization that both of these problems must be managed together in such a way that creationists' own version(s) of the world and of the Word are compatible--a compatibility achieved through a discursive syncretism. The final chapter brings together the strands of the argument to further develop the implications of the dilemma of science for the public understanding of science through the idea of science as a cultural resource and its possible relation to other such cultural resources within modernity--such as Christianity. It is suggested that much so-called "anti-science" could be made sense of in these terms and proposes further research in this direction. In Constructing the Beginning , Simon Locke offers a new approach to considering the enigma of creation science, using the perspective of discourse analysis. Using the publications of the British Creation Science Movement to perform a detailed analysis of the creationist case, Locke demonstrates that the discourses and rhetorics used by natural and social scientists are also employed by non-scientists. Out of this study, a view of science as a cultural resource develops, questioning the adequacy of perceived sociological wisdom that sees science as the source and emmbodiment of cultural "rationalization." As a case study of the use of science as a discursive resource in everyday life, Constructing the Beginning speaks to scholars of discourse analysis, constructionism, rhetorics, and the public understanding of science. It will also be of great interest to scholars in the areas of cultural studies, sociology of scientific knowledge and of religion, postmodernism, and sociological theory. Additional Copy Creation science is the target of much attack these days from both within and outside of the orthodox scientific community. This book, however, takes a different approach. It is not an attack on creationism; nor is it a defense. The author's interest is not in creationism at all, but rather, it is in the questions of the role and significance of science in modernity or the public understanding of science. Locke's approach to this issue is a discursive and rhetorical one. Creationism is treated as a case study of the argumentative engagement between science and non-science which--in his view--is as central to the commonsense lifeworld of modernity as much as it is to the lives of its intellectuals. An important dimension of the public meaning of science in modernity is its limits and its relations with other modes of thought and belief, which continue to survive as discourses in the wider culture. Creationism is merely one example of this general feature. The book begins with a discussion of the current issues in the public understanding of science in relation to traditional sociological views of the impact of science on modernity. This is examined through rationalization and the contrasting view derived from the sociology of scientific knowledge which points to the likelihood of a much more complex and variable relationship than rationalization proposes. It continues with an argument and detailed analysis that focuses on three main points: *the problem of a competing account of reality (the world), in the form of evolution; *the problem of competing accounts of the Bible (the Word), in the form of different versions of Christianity; and *the realization that both of these problems must be managed together in such a way that creationists' own version(s) of the world and of the Word are compatible--a compatibility achieved through a discursive syncretism. The final chapter brings together the strands of the argument to further develop the implications of the dilemma of science for the public understanding of science through the idea of science as a cultural resource and its possible relation to other such cultural resources within modernity--such as Christianity. It is suggested that much so-called "anti-science" could be made sense of in these terms and proposes further research in this direction.CreationismPhilosophyScienceReligionHILCCPhilosophy & ReligionHILCCChristianityHILCCCreationismPhilosophyScienceReligionPhilosophy & ReligionChristianity231.7/652Locke Simon1545751StDuBDSStDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910780433903321Constructing the beginning3800833UNINA04796oam 22006374a 450 991095541020332120230808201833.01-003-72271-7963-386-223-X963-386-129-210.1515/9789633861295(CKB)3710000001100296(MiAaPQ)EBC4832179(OCoLC)978539375(MdBmJHUP)muse56989(DE-B1597)633465(DE-B1597)9789633861295(OCoLC)1338019411(Perlego)1983957(CEEOL)541349(EXLCZ)99371000000110029620160419d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe long detente changing concepts of security and cooperation in Europe, 1950s-1980s /editors, Oliver Bange, Poul VillaumeNew York :Central European University Press,2016.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2017©2016.1 online resource (372 pages) illustrations963-386-127-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction / Oliver Bange and Poul Villaume -- Part I. Long perspectives on detente -- East-West conflict : short Cold War and long detente : an essay on terminology and periodization / Gottfried Niedhart -- The long detente and the Soviet Bloc, 1953-1983 / Csaba Bekes -- Part II. East-West trade -- Soviet snowdrops in the Ice Age? : the surprising attempt of an early economic detente in 1952 / Mikhail Lipkin -- European long-term investments in detente : the implications of East-West economic cooperation / Werner Lippert -- Part III. The inextractability of external and domestic security -- No end to "political ideological diversion" : the Stasi perspective as circumstantial evidence for a long detente / Oliver Bange -- New security concepts and transnational party networks, 1976-1983 : the socialist international, Scandilux, and the overcoming of the crisis of detente / Rasmus Mariager -- Part IV. Detente in Europe : change in perceptions -- Continuity and transformation : alternate visions of Italy's three decades of detente / Laura Fasanaro -- Perception of the other : "Kremlinologists" and "Westerners" : East and West German analysts and their mutual perceptions, 1977-1985 / Sabine Loewe-Hannatzsch -- Part V. Detente in Europe : change in diplomatic framings -- Pathfinders and perpetuators of detente : small states of NATO and the long detente : the case of Denmark, 1969-1989 / Poul Villaume -- Overcoming the crisis of detente, 1979-1983 : coordinating Eastern policies between Paris, Bonn, and London / Christian Wenkel -- Part VI. The U.S. story : from cooperation to confrontation and back -- Lyndon B. Johnson and the building of East-West bridges : catching up with detente in Europe, 1963-1966 / Gry Thomasen -- Between power politics and morality : the United States, the long detente, and the transformation of Europe, 1969-1985 / Stephan Kieninger."This book sets out to discuss what has been termed as the 'second Cold War,' that is, the deterioration of superpower-relations in the late 1970s and 1980s. Its goal is to present the European perspective on this period. As such, it is a collection of pieces of evidence, which--taken together--leads to an argument that goes against the grain of the established narrative. This is the argument that a 'long detente' existed between East and West, that it existed and lasted for good (economic, security-political, societal) reason, and that it had a profound impact on the eventual outcome of the conflict between East and West and the quintessentially peaceful framework in which this 'endgame' was played. The attractiveness of the book stems from its combination of profound research, resulting in an argument that runs against the grain of conventional wisdom"--Provided by publisher.East and WestHistory20th centuryGreat powersHistory20th centuryInternational cooperationHistory20th centuryDetenteHistory20th centuryNational securityEuropeHistory20th centuryEuropeForeign relations1945-East and WestHistoryGreat powersHistoryInternational cooperationHistoryDetenteHistoryNational securityHistory355/.03304Villaume PoulBange OliverMdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910955410203321The long detente4340845UNINA