Science as Salvation
George Lakoff and Steven Pinker as Secular Political Theologians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20460366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arne Rasmusson (0000-0003-4712-3123, Stellenbosch University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 197-228 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-7177 • E-ISSN: 1468-0025 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0025.2012.01737.x |
| OpenAlex | W2141512542 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article critically analyzes two leading cognitive scientists, George Lakoff and Steven Pinker, as competing secular political “theologians”. The idea of Science as savior is at the heart of the set of stories modernity tells about itself. The modern world, it is assumed, has left the age of religion and reached the age of Science. Lakoff and Pinker, who advocate opposing moral and political worldviews, make their claims on the basis of their scientific work, but it is implicit narratives and ontologies that give force to their broader views about morality and politics
Art history · Epistemology · Modernity · Morality · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |