{"product_id":"rhetorical-darwinism-religion-evolution-and-the-scientific-identity-hardcover","title":"Rhetorical Darwinism: Religion, Evolution, and the Scientific Identity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas M. Lessl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything evolves, science tells us, including the public language used by scientists to sustain and perpetuate their work. Harkening back to the Protestant Reformation--a time when the promise of scientific inquiry was intimately connected with a deep faith in divine Providence--Thomas Lessl traces the evolving role and public identity of science in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the Reformation gave way to the Enlightenment, notions of Providence evolved into progress. History's divine plan could now be found in nature, and scientists became history's new prophets. With Darwin and the emergence of evolutionary science, progress and evolution collapsed together into what Lessl calls \"evolutionism,\" and the grand scientific identity was used to advance science's power into the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this masterful treatment, Lessl analyzes the descent of these patterns of scientific advocacy from the world of Francis Bacon into the world of Thomas Huxley and his successors. In the end, \u003ci\u003eRhetorical Darwinism \u003c\/i\u003eproposes that Darwin's power to fuel the establishment of science within the Western social milieu often turns from its scientific course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eRhetorical Darwinism: Religion, Evolution, and the Scientific Identity\u003c\/i\u003e received the\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eReligious Communication Associatons \"Book of the Year\" award in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas M. Lessl is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Georgia. A frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Communication and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eQuarterly Journal of Speech\u003c\/i\u003e, Lessl received the 2010 Religious Communication Association's Article Award for \"The Innate Religiosity of Political Rhetoric.\" He lives in Athens, Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 348\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 9.23 x 6.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730329178175,"sku":"9781602584037","price":97.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/838caf0d0fec25d1067c1e8416efd808.webp?v=1765125652","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/rhetorical-darwinism-religion-evolution-and-the-scientific-identity-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}