C.P. Snow at Wesleyan: Liberal learning and the origins of the “Third Culture”

Joseph J. Fins

Technology in Society, 2010, vol. 32, issue 1, 10-17

Abstract: In the fall of 1961 C. P. Snow visited Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, as a Fellow at the newly inaugurated Center for Advanced Studies in the Liberal Arts, Professions, and Sciences. Snow's time at Wesleyan warrants examination because it was a key period in the development of his thinking and also illuminates his career as a whole. His visit provides a snapshot of the global political and cultural currents of his time, and places his immense popularity into context. It also provides an opportunity to consider how a mid-century liberal arts institution addressed the relationship of the sciences to the humanities while fostering interdisciplinary study through educational innovation.

Keywords: C.P. Snow; The two cultures; Science and humanities; Third culture; Interdisciplinary studies; Bioethics; Wesleyan University; Center for Advanced Studies; F.R. Leavis; Leavis-Snow controversy; Victor Butterfield; Sigmund Neumann; Pamela Hansford Johnson (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2009.12.003

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