Narrative, Religion and Science - Fundamentalism versus Irony, 1700-1999 (Paperback)

An increasing number of contemporary scientists, philosophers and theologians downplay their professional authority and describe their work as simply "telling stories about the world". If this is so, literary criticism can and should be applied to all these fields. Yet story telling is neither innocent nor empty-handed. Register, rhetoric, and imagery all manipulate in their own ways. Above all, irony emerges as the natural mode of our modern fragmented culture. Since the eighteenth century there have been only two possible ways of understanding the world--the fundamentalist and the ironic.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Stephen Prickett
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	290
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-00983-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Philosophy > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN:	0-521-00983-9
Barcode:	9780521009836

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