Physical Order vs. Divine Designer: Celestial Mechanics and Natural Theology Struggling for the System of the World
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چکیده
The concept of cultural hegemony is notoriously difficult. As it is presented in Gramsci’s original writings, hegemony is a cluster of several ideas, insights, and suggestions (see Adamson, 1980; Bates, 1975; Howson & Smith, 2008; G. A. Williams, 1960). This is hardly surprising. One had to remind that the notion was developed to explain very specific historical processes in post-WWI Europe. Recently, however, the concept of hegemony has enjoyed an increasing popularity as an analytical tool to describe cultural phenomena in contemporary society beyond the historical and theoretical strictures of the Marxist framework (Holub, 1992). My goal in this paper is to explore the possibility of using the concept of hegemony to illuminate the clash between scientific and philosophical theories.
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