Overcoming the Two Cultures: Science vs. the Humanities in the Modern World-system

by Immanuel Wallerstein and Richard E. Lee

Book Overview

This book tells the story of how the very idea of two cultures-the so-called divorce between science and the humanities-was a creation of the modern world-system. The contributors, working from a common research framework, trace the divorce of "facts" and "values" as part of the transition from feudalism to capitalism. This led to a polarization between universalist "science" and the particularist "humanities" and finally to the creation of the social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594510695
• ISBN13: 9781594510694
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 8.9"