The Poetry Of Knowledge And The Two Cultures

Author : John G. Fitch
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319895605
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poetry of Knowledge and the 'Two Cultures' written by John G. Fitch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that poetry is compatible with systematic knowledge including science, and indeed inherent in it; it also discusses particular poems that engage with such knowledge, including those of Lucretius, Vergil, and Vita Sackville-West. The book argues that there are substantial similarities between knowledge-making and poetry-making, for example in their being shaped by language, including metaphor, and in their seeking unity in the world, under the impulse of eros and pleasure. The book also discusses some of the obstacles to a ‘poetry of knowledge’, including scientific objectivism, the Kantian tradition in philosophy, and the separation of the ‘two cultures’ in our academic and intellectual institutions. The book is designed to be accessible to all those interested in the issue of the ‘two cultures’, or in the role of poetry and of science in contemporary culture.

Author : C. P. Snow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107606144
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Two Cultures written by C. P. Snow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of science and technology and future of education and research are just some of the subjects discussed here.

Author : C.P. SNOW
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE TWO CULTURES: AND A SECOND LOOK written by C.P. SNOW and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James S. Taylor
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438421915
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poetic Knowledge written by James S. Taylor and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1997-12-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book rediscovers a traditional mode of knowledge that remains viable today. Contrasted to the academic and cultural fads often based on the scientific methodology of the Cartesian legacy, or any number of trendy experiments in education, Poetic Knowledge returns to the freshness and importance of first knowledge, a knowledge of the senses and the passions. "Poetic knowledge" is not the knowledge of poetry, nor is it even knowledge in the sense that we often think of today, that is, the mastery of scientific, technological, or business information. Rather, it is an intuitive, obscure, mysterious way of knowing reality, not always able to account for itself, but absolutely essential if one is ever to advance properly to the higher degrees of certainty. From Socrates to the Middle Ages, and even into the twentieth century, the case for poetic knowledge is revealed with the care of philosophical archeology. Taylor demonstrates the effectiveness of the poetic mode of education through his own observations as a teacher, and two experimental "poetic" schools in the twentieth century.

Author : C. P. Snow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107394589
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Two Cultures written by C. P. Snow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notion that our society, its education system and its intellectual life, is characterised by a split between two cultures – the arts or humanities on one hand and the sciences on the other – has a long history. But it was C. P. Snow's Rede lecture of 1959 that brought it to prominence and began a public debate that is still raging in the media today. This fiftieth anniversary printing of The Two Cultures and its successor piece, A Second Look (in which Snow responded to the controversy four years later) features an introduction by Stefan Collini, charting the history and context of the debate, its implications and its afterlife. The importance of science and technology in policy run largely by non-scientists, the future for education and research, and the problem of fragmentation threatening hopes for a common culture are just some of the subjects discussed.

Author : Martin Green
Publisher : London : Longmans
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science and the Shabby Curate of Poetry written by Martin Green and published by London : Longmans. This book was released on 1964 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David L. Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813022833
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science and Literature written by David L. Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Social issues are not susceptible to scientific analysis alone, and scientific developments generally have major societal impact. This book shows that intelligent and constructive exchange can occur between a scientist and a humanist with potential benefit to both fields and to society at large."--John D. Meakin, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, University of Delaware "Lucid, interesting, thought-provoking, and benignly contentious."--Thomas Jackson Rice, professor of English, University of South Carolina In this lively and provocative book, a scientist and a humanities scholar attempt to build a bridge between the two cultures in which they work. Addressing fundamental issues of human nature and the ability of science to understand it, and using texts from the biblical Genesis to Brave New World, they explore topics from ethics and social values to chaos theory. With an eye on keeping the science accessible to all, the book contains background chapters on concepts in science that feed into the analysis of literature. That discussion leads to expanded consideration of some of the most compelling contemporary issues, from new developments in the science of the brain and the nature of the mind to possible limitations on scientific knowledge in the natural and social sciences. The authors then explore the use of scientific concepts and ideas in particular literary works: they use Darwinian theories to extract insights from John Fowles's The French Lieutenant's Woman; they use entropy, Maxwell's demon, and chaos theory to study Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49; and they confront the notion of scientific progress with artistic notions of patterns and cycles in W. B. Yeats's poetry. Supplementing the basic discussion, dialogues between the authors range over more controversial areas, such as the question of free will and postmodern views of power, knowledge, and language. Never allowing either of them to escape with trite or trivial statements, the debates illustrate the extent to which commonalities and differences exist between their fields. This entertaining and exceptionally timely book will enlighten both student and scholar, no matter what their discipline. David L. Wilson, professor of biology at the University of Miami, is the author of Introduction to Biology and the author or coauthor of fifty research papers in Journal of General Physiology, Journal of Consciousness Studies, Journal of Neurochemistry, DNA and Cell Biology, and other publications. Zack Bowen, professor of English at the University of Miami, has written nine books on modern and contemporary literature, including Bloom's Old Sweet Song (UPF, 1995). He is editor of the James Joyce Literary Supplement and serves as editor of the University Press of Florida James Joyce Series and as general editor of the Twayne/Macmillan Critical Essays in British Literature Series.

Author : Edited by: Kisak
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781517534028
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Poetry written by Edited by: Kisak and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-09-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World languages will tend to have a large body of poetry contributed by several nations (Anglosphere, Francophonie, Latin America, German-speaking Europe), while for smaller languages, the body of poetry in a particular language will be identical to the national poetry of the nation or ethnicity associated with that language. This book describes the history and constructs behind the poetry of different nations.

Author : John Keane
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781985347601
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Two Cultures written by John Keane and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected Poetry by John F Keane 2017 - 2018 Includes Write Out Loud Winners 'Mature Student' and 'When the Future Came'

Author : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN 13 : 9780344864834
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poems written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.