Description |
1 online resource (145 pages) |
Series |
New Atlantis Books |
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New Atlantis Books
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Contents |
The moral challenge of modern science -- The crisis of everyday life -- Two cultures? -- Two visions of the future -- Science and the left -- Science and the right -- Conclusion |
Summary |
From stem cell research to global warming, human cloning, evolution, and beyond, political debates about science have raged in recent years - and, to the chagrin of most observers, have increasingly fallen into the familiar categories of America's culture wars. In Imagining the Future: Science and American Democracy, Yuval Levin explores the complicated meanings of science and technology in American politics and finds that the science debates have a lot to teach us about our political life. These debates, Levin argues, reveal some serious challenges to American self-government, and put on |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-142) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Science -- Political aspects -- United States
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Science -- Forecasting
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Science -- Forecasting
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Science -- Political aspects
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United States
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781594033308 |
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1594033307 |
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