Description: In this wide-ranging book, one of the most esteemed cultural historians of our time turns his attention to major questions about human experience and various attempts to understand it "scientifically"
Brief description:
Bruce Mazlish was professor emeritus of history at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of The Leader, The Led, and the Psyche; The Revolutionary Ascetic, In Search of Nixon The Riddle of History; Reflections on the Modern and the Global, and Globalization and Transformation.
Review Quotes:
"In "The Uncertain Sciences," Bruce Mazlish presents a cunning and visionary examination of the scientific enterprise of understanding the human species and, by doing so, of its ability to address real life problems... Undoubtedly, "The Uncertain Sciences" by Bruce Mazlish is a thought provoking read that will force you to break the boundaries of conventional thinking and ask yourself whether it is time to reach out to other fields of knowledge for changes in the conceptualization of human events and for feasible solutions to human problems.... it is a book that will engage your mind beyond the boundaries of the commonalities of scientific discourse." -- Maura Pilotti, "Metapsychology Online Reviews"
"Bruce Mazlish has written an immensely learned book, one that will appeal to and be read by specialists and generalists alike."
- Christopher Fox, director, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame
"Writing with eloquence, wit, and deep humaneness, Bruce Mazlish demonstrates what is to be gained by a lifetime of scholarship in the 'uncertain sciences'--not absolute knowledge, but wisdom."
- Susan Buck-Morss, professor of political philosophy and social theory, Cornell University
"This book is a great banquet of ideas from a bold and brave mind."
- W. Warren Wager, Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, State University of New York at Binghamton