Article ID: CBB000932231

Mysticism and Marxism: A. S. Eddington, Chapman Cohen, and Political Engagement through Science Popularization (2008)

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Stanley, Matthew (Author)


Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
Volume: 46
Pages: 181--194


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: Part of a collection of papers from ICHS symposium: “Politically Engaged Scientists, 1920--1950: Science, Politics, Philosophy, History”
Language: English

This paper argues that that political context of British science popularization in the inter-war period was intimately tied to contemporary debates about religion and science. A leading science popularizer, the Quaker astronomer A.S. Eddington, and one of his opponents, the materialist Chapman Cohen, are examined in detail to show the intertwined nature of science, philosophy, religion, and politics.

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Authors & Contributors
Bowler, Peter J.
Herran, Néstor
Laucht, Christoph
Stanley, Matthew
Baldwin, Melinda Clare
Enebakk, Vidar
Journals
British Journal for the History of Science
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal of the History of Biology
Kritiki: Critical Science & Education
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Fabrizio Serra Editore
Oxford University Press
Concepts
Popularization
Science and society
Science and religion
Science and politics
Marxism
Physics
People
Eddington, Arthur Stanley
Bleger, José
Carnegie, Andrew
Darwin, Charles Robert
Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice
Frank, Philipp
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
Places
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Spain
United States
Barcelona (Spain)
Institutions
British Museum. Natural History
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Macmillan
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