Intelligent Design Creationism and the Mechanisms of Postmodernity
This article provides a critical reading of Intelligent Design proponents' attempt to create a wedge in secular society to reinsert a theistic worldview. It argues they assert their wedge via the mechanisms of postmodernity: following Frederic Jameson, those informational elements of mass cultu...
1. VerfasserIn: | |
---|---|
Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Verfügbarkeit prüfen: | HBZ Gateway |
Journals Online & Print: | |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Veröffentlicht: |
University of Saskatchewan
[2011]
|
In: |
Journal of religion and popular culture
Jahr: 2011, Band: 23, Heft: 3, Seiten: 276-288 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
third culture
B Critical Theory B Literature B Science B Evolutionary Biology B Intelligent Design |
Online Zugang: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
Zusammenfassung: | This article provides a critical reading of Intelligent Design proponents' attempt to create a wedge in secular society to reinsert a theistic worldview. It argues they assert their wedge via the mechanisms of postmodernity: following Frederic Jameson, those informational elements of mass culture that allow them to present their ideas as an alternate to that posed by evolutionary biology. It centres on a representation (by the philosopher of science Robert Pennock) of Intelligent Design advocate, Philip E. Johnson as a postmodern thinker. This article revises Pennock, claiming that while Johnson does attack modern science in his project to champion Intelligent Design, Johnson is not a representative of many precepts of postmodernity. In particular, this chapter reads Johnson as clearly supporting a Christian metanarrative. Moreover, Johnson is a representative of a strategy formulated by the conservative organization, The Discovery Institute, and their campaign called the Wedge Strategy. Exemplified by an internal document leaked to the internet, "The Wedge" is a clearly explicated strategy to combat secular society. |
---|---|
ISSN: | 1703-289X |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
|
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.23.3.276 |