The Two Cultures
$45.33
- Paperback
179 pages
- Release Date
26 March 2012
Summary
The Two Cultures: Bridging the Divide
The idea of a societal chasm between the arts/humanities and the sciences isn’t new. However, C.P. Snow’s 1959 Rede lecture ignited a public discussion that continues even now.
This fiftieth-anniversary edition of The Two Cultures, paired with A Second Look (Snow’s response to the initial controversy), features an introduction by Stefan Collini. Collini explores the history, context, implications, and enduring legacy of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781107606142 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1107606144 |
| Author: | C.P. Snow, Stefan Collini |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 179 |
| Release Date: | 26 March 2012 |
| Weight: | 222g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 321mm x 147mm |
| Series: | Canto Classics |
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‘Both the lecture itself and the controversy it spawned are complex phenomena, and in his editions of Snow’s lecture and of the most famous response to it, by the literary critic F. R. Leavis, Stefan Collini has carefully and skillfully disentangled the many strands. The tale he tells is instructive in many respects - and perhaps more important now than it was when Leavis gave his response, fifty years ago.’ Alan Jacobs, Books and Culture
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