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Identifying scientism as religion's secular counterpart, this
collection studies contemporary contestations of the authority of
science. These controversies suggest that what we are witnessing
today is not an increase in the authority of science at the cost of
religion, but a dual decline in the authorities of religion and
science alike. This entails an erosion of the legitimacy of
universally binding truth claims, be they religiously or
scientifically informed. Approaching the issue from a
cultural-sociological perspective and building on theories from the
sociology of religion, the volume unearths the cultural mechanisms
that account for the headwind faced by contemporary science. The
empirical contributions highlight how the field of academic science
has lost much of its former authority vis-a-vis competing social
realms; how political and religious worldviews define particular
research findings as favorites while dismissing others; and how
much of today's distrust of science is directed against scientific
institutions and academic scientists rather than against science
per se.
Identifying scientism as religion's secular counterpart, this
collection studies contemporary contestations of the authority of
science. These controversies suggest that what we are witnessing
today is not an increase in the authority of science at the cost of
religion, but a dual decline in the authorities of religion and
science alike. This entails an erosion of the legitimacy of
universally binding truth claims, be they religiously or
scientifically informed. Approaching the issue from a
cultural-sociological perspective and building on theories from the
sociology of religion, the volume unearths the cultural mechanisms
that account for the headwind faced by contemporary science. The
empirical contributions highlight how the field of academic science
has lost much of its former authority vis-a-vis competing social
realms; how political and religious worldviews define particular
research findings as favorites while dismissing others; and how
much of today's distrust of science is directed against scientific
institutions and academic scientists rather than against science
per se.
Published in Valiz's new "Antennae" series devoted to new research
in art, photography, architecture and design, "Moving Together"
examines contemporary dance from both a practical and theoretical
perspective. The author, Professor Rudi Laermans, analyzes three
tendencies: pure dance, dance theater and (self-) reflexive dance.
He proposes a theoretical framework for understanding how artistic
cooperation figures into the creation of dance. Boasting a great
design by the maverick Dutch studio Metahaven, "Moving Together"
includes dialogues with some of the most influential names in
contemporary dance spanning several generations: Anne Teresa De
Keersmaeker, founder of the cutting-edge dance company Rosas;
Jerome Bel, the controversial and experimental French
choreographer; William Forsythe, known internationally for his work
with Ballett Frankfurt (1984-2004) and The Forsythe Company
(2005-present); as well as many others dance innovators.
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