Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels With Science

Gross, Paul R.;Levitt, Norman;Levitt, N.

ISBN 10: 0801847664 / ISBN 13: 9780801847660

Published by Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., 1994

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first edition/third printing book is tight with no markings, some soiling and staining to forefront page edge, one page with some margin notations, Seller Inventory # 014655

Bibliographic Details

Title: Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and ...

Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition

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Synopsis:

With the emergence of "cultural studies" and the blurring of once-clear academic boundaries, scholars are turning to subjects far outside their traditional disciplines and areas of expertise. In Higher Superstition scientists Paul Gross and Norman Levitt raise serious questions about the growing criticism of science by humanists and social scientists on the "academic left." This paperback edition of Higher Superstition includes a new afterword by the authors.

Review:

"An original, brilliant, and important book. The authors clarify the impact, mostly malign, of postmodernism -- at least postmodernism in the hands of the second-rate -- on the evolving curriculum in higher education." -- Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University