SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. ARE THE KNOWLEDGE WARS FINALLY OVER?
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| author | Roslynn Haynes |
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| contents | SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. ARE THE KNOWLEDGE WARS FINALLY OVER? Roslynn Haynes Comunicación lab lit power alchemy knowledge Since alchemy fi rst challenged the authority of the Church, the relative status of specialized, scientifi c knowledge and high culture has been hotly contested. For centuries writers, as champions of culture, have retaliated against the claims of science by satirising its practitioners as being either evil, obsessive and possibly mad, or foolish and inept inventors whose experiments continually misfi re. Examples of both these groups are discussed in their historical context. Around the end of the twentieth century a new genre designated «lab-lit» appeared. In this scientists are portrayed not as stereotypes but as ordinary people, pursuing sc ience as they might any other profession within a life context and engaged with the ethical and sociological problems it involves. Reasons for the emergence of lab-lit are considered. 2015 artículo científico 2174-3487 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=511751360019 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=5117 Mètode Science Studies Journal application/pdf Universitat de València Mètode Science Studies Journal (España) Num.5 |
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| spellingShingle | SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. ARE THE KNOWLEDGE WARS FINALLY OVER? Roslynn Haynes Comunicación lab lit power alchemy knowledge SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. ARE THE KNOWLEDGE WARS FINALLY OVER? Roslynn Haynes Comunicación lab lit power alchemy knowledge Since alchemy fi rst challenged the authority of the Church, the relative status of specialized, scientifi c knowledge and high culture has been hotly contested. For centuries writers, as champions of culture, have retaliated against the claims of science by satirising its practitioners as being either evil, obsessive and possibly mad, or foolish and inept inventors whose experiments continually misfi re. Examples of both these groups are discussed in their historical context. Around the end of the twentieth century a new genre designated «lab-lit» appeared. In this scientists are portrayed not as stereotypes but as ordinary people, pursuing sc ience as they might any other profession within a life context and engaged with the ethical and sociological problems it involves. Reasons for the emergence of lab-lit are considered. 2015 artículo científico 2174-3487 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=511751360019 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=5117 Mètode Science Studies Journal application/pdf Universitat de València Mètode Science Studies Journal (España) Num.5 |
| title | SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. ARE THE KNOWLEDGE WARS FINALLY OVER? |
| topic | Comunicación lab lit power alchemy knowledge |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=511751360019 |