{"product_id":"2026100009186-secondhand-languages-of-nature-critical-essays-on-science-and-literature","title":"Languages Of Nature: Critical Essays On Science And Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed with inscription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when the rigorous world of science and the imaginative realm of literature speak to one another? Languages of Nature: Critical Essays on Science and Literature, edited by L.J. Jordanova with a foreword by Raymond Williams, assembles a rich collection of scholarly essays that interrogate the cultural and linguistic frameworks through which humanity has understood, represented, and constructed the natural world. Drawing on history, philosophy, and literary criticism, the volume presents a compelling argument that science and literature are not opposing disciplines but deeply intertwined discourses, each shaping the other's language, metaphors, and ideological assumptions across centuries of Western thought.\n\nPublished by Free Association Books in 1986, this anthology arrives at a pivotal moment in the history of science studies, contributing to the then-emerging field that would come to be known as Science and Technology Studies (STS). Jordanova, a distinguished historian of science, assembles contributors who illuminate how nature itself is never a neutral category but always a culturally mediated one — charged with gender, power, and politics. Raymond Williams's foreword lends the collection an additional layer of intellectual gravitas, situating it within a broader materialist critique of culture. For scholars of literary theory, the history of science, or cultural studies, this volume remains an indispensable and thought-provoking cornerstone — one that leaves the reader questioning every natural truth they once took for granted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49269346173147,"sku":"2026100009186-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e55b9c4c-b007-4a82-a969-51e6ef7f3a68.png?v=1788998973","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009186-secondhand-languages-of-nature-critical-essays-on-science-and-literature","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}