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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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES |
| Repository: | Caleidoscopio |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.uaa.mx:article/517 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.uaa.mx/index.php/caleidoscopio/article/view/517 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | 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 |
| Summary: | 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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