The Trinity Circle : Anxiety, Intelligence, and Knowledge Creation in Nineteenth-Century England Hardback
by William J. Ashworth
Part of the Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century series
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The Trinity Circle explores the creation of knowledge in nineteenth-century England, when any notion of a recognizably modern science was still nearly a century off, religion still infused all ways of elite knowing, and even those who denied its relevance had to work extremely hard to do so.
The rise of capitalism during this period-embodied by secular faith, political radicalism, science, commerce, and industry-was, according to Anglican critics, undermining this spiritual world and challenging it with a superficial material one: a human-centric rationalist society hell-bent on measurable betterment via profit, consumption, and a prevalent notion of progress.
Here, William J. Ashworth places the politics of science within a far more contested context.
By focusing on the Trinity College circle, spearheaded from Cambridge by the polymath William Whewell, he details an ongoing struggle between the Established Church and a quest for change to the prevailing social hierarchy.
His study presents a far from unified view toward science and religion at a time when new ways of thinking threatened to divide England and even the Trinity College itself.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
- Publication Date:28/12/2021
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- ISBN:9780822946878
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
- Publication Date:28/12/2021
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- ISBN:9780822946878