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8. The Effect of a Humanities Culture on the Mainstream Media Industry

verfasst von : Carlos Elías

Erschienen in: Science on the Ropes

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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There are two keys to understanding the impact on science by cinema or television—the main agents of mainstream culture: a denigration of the figure of the scientist and, on the other hand, an exaltation of myth and magic; that is, of the irrational and unscientific. But this is not new: it has its roots in the culture of literature-based humanities. Cinema or television fiction are descended from literature and theatre. And, since the beginnings of Western culture, those who are ‘artistic’ have not only despised science and knowledge but vilified it. The Greek playwright Aristophanes (444–385 BC) in his comedy The Clouds (first performed in 423 BC) ridiculed none other than Socrates: in the play, he is presented as hanging from a basket and looking up at the sky. He is accused of demagoguery and is laughed at for his thirst for knowledge and interest in astronomy as a science. Aristophanes, like today’s filmmakers, preferred myth to science.

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Titel: The Effect of a Humanities Culture on the Mainstream Media Industry
verfasst von: Carlos Elías
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Science on the Ropes
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-12977-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-12978-1

Copyright-Jahr: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12978-1_8

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