The press as a historical source: the imaginary of the nineteenth century in relation to progress, instruction and popularization of science
The press, seen from a historic point of view, is considered a valuable source of information because it allows, through discourse analysis, to rebuild and understand different ideas about the world, perceptions of reality and collective imaginaries of an epoch and a specific society. This article d...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES |
| Repositorio: | Caleidoscopio |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.uaa.mx:article/517 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uaa.mx/index.php/caleidoscopio/article/view/517 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | press as a historical source progress scientific propaganda popularization of science nineteenth century press prensa como fuente histórica progreso propaganda científica vulgarización de la ciencia prensa del siglo XIX |
| Sumario: | The press, seen from a historic point of view, is considered a valuable source of information because it allows, through discourse analysis, to rebuild and understand different ideas about the world, perceptions of reality and collective imaginaries of an epoch and a specific society. This article discusses the philosophy of progress in the nineteenth century and how, through Aguascalientes’s newspapers, it became a relevant topic that had to be treated by public opinion. In the newspapers that were analyzed it was clear that there was a tight relationship between the idea of progress based on scientific education (positivism) and public education. Based on this, various newspapers from the second half of the nineteenth century had a clear focus on publishing scientific propaganda with the aim to educate the community in an informal way. |
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