Belief and Resistance Dynamics of Contemporary Intellectual Controversy |
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| Author:
| Smith, Barbara Herrnstein |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-06492-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1997 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $43.00 |
Book Description:
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What happens to law, science, and the pursuit of social justice when the ideas of truth, reason, and objectivity are rejected? This question is at the heart of the controversies between traditionalists and "postmodernists." Smith examines the debate across a wide range of disciplines and through important and ongoing controversies.
What happens to law, science, and the pursuit of social justice when the ideas of truth, reason, and objectivity are rejected? This question is at the heart of the controversies between traditionalists and "postmodernists." Smith examines the debate across a wide range of disciplines and through important and ongoing controversies.