Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
The Academic Brand of Aphasia: Where Postmodernism and the Science Wars Came From. |
| Authors: |
Drake, James |
| Source: |
Knowledge, Technology & Policy. Spring/Summer2002, Vol. 15 Issue 1/2, p13. 175p. |
| Subject Terms: |
Science & the humanities, Postmodernism (Philosophy) |
| People: |
Jacobson, Roman |
| Abstract: |
Traces the so-called science wars of the postmodernist period to an essay by Roman Jacobson on aphasia. Deconstructionist philosopher Jacques Derrida's suggestion that science was mythology; Incorporation of the theories of Jakobson into the humanities; Distortions of Kurt Goldstein as bases of poststructuralist and postmodernist theories. |
| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
