The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism - Couverture souple

Taverne, Dick

 
9780199205622: The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0199205620 ISBN 13 : 9780199205622
Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

Synopsis

In The March of Unreason, Dick Taverne expresses his concern that irrationality is on the rise in Western society, and argues that public opinion is increasingly dominated by unreflecting prejudice and an unwillingness to engage with factual evidence. Discussing topics such as genetically modified crops and foods, organic farming, the MMR vaccine, environmentalism, the precautionary principle, and the new anti-capitalist and anti-globalization movements, he argues that the rejection of the evidence-based approach nurtures a culture of suspicion, distrust, and cynicism, and leads to dogmatic assertion and intolerance. Science, with all the benefits it brings, is an essential part of a civilized and democratic society: it offers the most hopeful future for humankind.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dick Taverne is Baron of Pimlico and a Q.C. Having been the Labour MP for
Lincoln from 1962 to 1972, he resigned to fight the famous Lincoln
by-election as an independent social democrat in 1973, and won. In 1974 he
wrote The Future of the Left, Lincoln and After (Jonathan Cape), which
predicted the split in the Labour party that happened seven years later. He
gradually became more and more concerned about the increasing mood of
hostility and suspicion about science and in 2002 founded the association
'Sense About Science' to promote an evidence-based approach to scientific
issues. Lord Taverne is a high-profile political commentator, regularly
debating issues of democracy and science in the broadsheet press.


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Éditeur
Oxford University Press, USA
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199205620
ISBN 13 
9780199205622
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780192804853: March Of Unreason: Science, Democracy, And The New Fundamentalism

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ISBN 10 :  0192804855 ISBN 13 :  9780192804853
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2005
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