Consecrating Science: Wonder, Knowledge, and the Natural World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520294998)

Debunking myths behind what is known collectively as the new cosmology--a grand, overlapping set of narratives that claim to bring science and spirituality together--Lisa H. Sideris offers a searing critique of the movement's anthropocentric vision of the world. In Consecrating Science, Sideris argues that instead of cultivating an ethic of respect for nature, the new cosmology encourages human arrogance, uncritical reverence for science, and indifference to nonhuman life. Exploring moral sensibilities rooted in experience of the natural world, Sideris shows how a sense of wonder can foster environmental attitudes that will protect our planet from ecological collapse for years to come.

Author: Lisa H. Sideris
ISBN-10: 0520294998
ISBN-13: 9780520294998
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2017
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2018