{"product_id":"quest-for-the-unity-of-knowledge","title":"Quest for the Unity of Knowledge","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs unity of knowledge possible? Is it desirable? Two rival visions clash. One seeks a single way of explaining everything known and knowable about ourselves and the universe. The other champions diverse modes of understanding served by disparate kinds of evidence. Contrary views pit science against the arts and humanities. Scientists generally laud and seek convergence. Artists and humanists deplore amalgamation as a threat to humane values. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese opposing perspectives flamed into hostility in the 1950s \"Two Cultures\" clash. They culminate today in new efforts to conjoin insights into physical nature and human culture, and new fears lest such syntheses submerge what the arts and humanities most value. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, stemming from David Lowenthal’s inaugural Stockholm Archipelago Lectures, explores the Two Cultures quarrel’s underlying ideologies. Lowenthal shows how ingrained bias toward unity or diversity shapes major issues in education, religion, genetics, race relations, heritage governance, and environmental policy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAimed at a general academic audience,\u003ci\u003e Quest for the Unity of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e especially targets those in conservation, ecology, history of ideas, museology, and heritage studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54088873312600,"sku":null,"price":51.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138625686_a8118b0b-a4a3-4f5a-b0c5-af32306de214.jpg?v=1777597225","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/quest-for-the-unity-of-knowledge","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}