Galileo and the Church - Political Inquisition or Critical Dialogue? (Hardcover, New)

This book questions the traditional 'grand narratives' of science and religion in the seventeenth century. The binary oppositions underlying the story - between reason and faith, between knowledge and authority, between scripture and the light of nature - have moulded it into a formative myth: the banner of modern rationalism, liberalism and individualism. While deconstructing the oppositions behind the conflict, the book offers an analysis of the complex power/knowledge field in which the drama of Galileo and the Church unfolded. The act of silencing exemplified in the trials of Galileo is in no need of demonstration. It has been so imprinted in our consciousness that to reassert it is to state the obvious. The author's story is not about the repression of truth by religious authority. It is the story of an encounter between different types of power/knowledge structures within the framework of a dialogical model.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	Rivka Feldhay
Dimensions:	237 x 162 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	316
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-34468-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Christianity > Christian theology
LSN:	0-521-34468-9
Barcode:	9780521344685

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