Science under Fire : : Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America / / Andrew Jewett.

Conservative skepticism of scientific authority—contesting evolution and the climate change consensus—is constantly in the news. But liberal humanists also have their doubts, targeting “scientistic” overreach. Andrew Jewett provides the first history of Americans’ diverse and longstanding criticisms...

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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t CONTENTS --   |t INTRODUCTION: Science as a Cultural Threat --   |t 1. MENTAL MODERNIZATION --   |t 2. RESISTING THE MODERN --   |t 3. SCIENCE AND THE STATE --   |t 4. SOCIAL ENGINEERING --   |t 5. MODERNITY AND SCIENTISM --   |t 6. THE HUMANISTIC OPPOSITION --   |t 7. A NEW RIGHT --   |t 8. CROSS-FERTILIZATION --   |t 9. A NEW LEFT --   |t 10. SKEPTICISM INSTANTIATED --   |t 11. SCIENCE AS CULTURE --   |t CONCLUSION: Humanizing Science --   |t NOTES --   |t ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --   |t INDEX 
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