Issue 9: Burning History & the Ashing of Science
Why are people so set on defacing and destroying history? What events have occurred up until the present day that made future generations omit the past, both willingly and unwillingly. The story of modern media, the Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades, Alexandria and more!
Why are people so set on defacing and destroying history? What events have occurred up until the present day that made future generations omit the past, both willingly and unwillingly. The story of modern media, the Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades, Alexandria and more!
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OBJECT OF INTEREST | 27<br />
Mein Kampf<br />
by Adolf Hitler<br />
When: 1947 to<br />
present<br />
Where: Austria<br />
Why: Extremist<br />
glorification and<br />
advertising <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Nazi Party punishable<br />
by imprisonment.<br />
De Rerun Natura<br />
by Lucretius<br />
When: First century<br />
Where: Europe<br />
Why: A scientific<br />
vision describing<br />
atoms, celestial and<br />
terrestrial phenomena,<br />
and an infinite<br />
universe. Denied <strong>the</strong><br />
powers <strong>of</strong> Roman<br />
deities.<br />
Nineteen Eighty-Four<br />
by George Orwell<br />
When: 1950 to 1990<br />
Where: USSR/Russia<br />
Why: Understood as<br />
a satire <strong>of</strong> Stalin’s<br />
political leadership.<br />
Uncle Tom’s Cabin<br />
by Harriet Beecher<br />
Stowe<br />
When: Civil War; 1982<br />
Where: USA; Russia<br />
Why: In <strong>the</strong> USA for<br />
anti-slavery content;<br />
in Russia for presenting<br />
equality<br />
and undermined<br />
religious ideals.<br />
Adventures <strong>of</strong><br />
Huckelberry Finn<br />
by Mark Twain<br />
When: 1982; 2009<br />
Where: Virginia, USA;<br />
Washington, USA<br />
Why: Offensive<br />
language by using<br />
<strong>the</strong> word “nigger”<br />
abundantly.<br />
In The First Circle<br />
by Aleksander<br />
Solzhenitsyn<br />
When: 1968 to 1978<br />
Where: Russia<br />
Why: Detailed <strong>the</strong><br />
lives <strong>of</strong> scientists<br />
forced to work in<br />
a Stalinist research<br />
center; presented<br />
reactionary<br />
nationalism.<br />
Origins Scientific Research Society
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