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The two cultures controversy : science, literature and cultural politics in postwar Britain /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ortolano, Guy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 1945-
Snow, C. P. > (Charles Percy), > 1905-1980. > Two cultures and the scientific revolution.
Leavis, F. R. > (Frank Raymond), > 1895-1978. > Two cultures?
Science and the humanities > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Civilization > 1945-
Table of Contents:
  • C.P. Snow and the technocratic liberalism
  • F.R. Leavis and the radical liberalism
  • A tale of two colleges
  • The making of English social history
  • The rise of national 'decline'
  • Post-colonial developments
  • The eclipse of the meritocratic moment.