The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism by Taverne, Dick

The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199205622)

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The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism by Taverne, Dick

The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism

$29.99
The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism by Taverne, Dick

The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism

$29.99
Format: Paperback
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In The March of Unreason, Dick Taverne expresses his concern that irrationality is on the rise in Western society, and argues that public opinion is increasingly dominated by unreflecting prejudice and an unwillingness to engage with factual evidence. Discussing topics such as genetically modified crops and foods, organic farming, the MMR vaccine, environmentalism, the precautionary principle, and the new anti-capitalist and anti-globalization movements, he argues that the rejection of the evidence-based approach nurtures a culture of suspicion, distrust, and cynicism, and leads to dogmatic assertion and intolerance. Science, with all the benefits it brings, is an essential part of a civilized and democratic society: it offers the most hopeful future for humankind.


Author: Dick Taverne
ISBN-10: 0199205620
ISBN-13: 9780199205622
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Language: English
Published: 01/18/2007
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.14w x 0.74d
By Dick Taverne
By Dick Taverne
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Dick Taverne was the Labour MP for Lincoln from 1962 to 1972, when he resigned to fight the famous Lincoln by-election as an independent social democrat in 1973, and won. In 1974 he wrote The Future of the Left, Lincoln and After (Jonathan Cape), which predicted the split in the Labour party that happened seven years later. He is now a Liberal-Democrat peer. Becoming gradually more and more concerned about the increasing mood of hostility and suspicion towards science, in 2002 he founded the association 'Sense About Science' to promote an evidence-based approach to scientific issues.

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