Technical Communication Quarterly Mar 1993

Biological explanation, political ideology, and “blurred genres”;: A Bakhtinian reading of the science essays of J. B. S. Haldane

Debra Journet University of Louisville

Abstract

J. B. S. Haldane, in attempting to show connections between Marxist political theory and Darwinian evolutionary theory, blurs the generic characteristics of political and scientific discourse. Read from the perspective of Bakhtin, this blurring of genres is also a blurring of ideologies. Haldane's essays thus contribute to our understanding of the cultural dimensions of scientific activities and accordingly help re‐define concepts of genre in scientific writing.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
1993-03-01
DOI
10.1080/10572259309364533
Open Access
Closed

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