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The Politics of Evolution (Hardcover)
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The Politics of Evolution (Hardcover)
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The controversy over teaching evolution or creationism in American
public schools offers a policy paradox. Two sets of values-science
and democracy-are in conflict when it comes to the question of what
to teach in public school biology classes. Prindle illuminates this
tension between American public opinion, which clearly prefers that
creationism be taught in public school biology classes, versus the
ideal that science, and only science, be taught in those classes.
An elite consisting of scientists, professional educators, judges,
and business leaders by and large are determined to ignore public
preferences and teach only science in science classes despite the
majority opinion to the contrary. So how have the political process
and the Constitutional law establishment managed to thwart the
people's will in this self-proclaimed democracy? Drawing on a vast
body of work across the natural sciences, social sciences, and
humanities, Prindle explores the rhetoric of the evolution issue,
explores its history, examines the nature of the public opinion
that causes it, evaluates the Constitutional jurisprudence that
upholds it, and explains the political dynamic that keeps it going.
This incisive analysis is a must-read in a wide range of
disciplines and for anyone who wants to understand the politics of
biology.
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