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"Reading Popular Newtonianism focuses on the reception of Sir Isaac Newton's works in a context framed by authorship, print, editorial practices, and reading. Using sustained archival work and multiple critical approaches, Laura Miller asserts that print facilitated the mainstreaming of Newton's ideas. In addition to Newton's reading habits and his manipulation of print conventions in the Principia, she analyzes the implied readership of various "popularizations" as well actual readers whose preferences we can trace and interpret based on the New York Society Library's borrowing records. By beginning with the publication of the Principia, Miller revises the timeline in which Newton's scientific ideas entered eighteenth-century culture"--

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction to the 2018 Edition -- Introduction -- 1 The Media and Society -- 2 Minority Art, Folk Art and Popular Art -- 3 Popular Art and Mass Culture -- 4 Popular Forms and Popular Artists -- 5 Violence on the Screen -- 6 The Avenging Angels -- 7 Falling in Love -- 8 Fantasy and Romance -- 9 Friends and Neighbours -- 10 The Young Audience -- 11 The Big Bazaar -- 12 The Institutions -- 13 Mass Society: Critics and Defenders -- Acknowledgments -- INDEX -- Gallery

Popular culture and quotidian nationalism / Tim Nieguth -- Donut nation : Tim Hortons and Canadian identity / Yasmeen Abu-Laban -- Völkisch vibes : neofolk, place, politics, and pan-European Nationalism / Robert A. Saunders -- Contemporary Israeli television challenges national traumas / Adia Mendelson-Maoz and Liat Steir-Livny -- The burka and beyond : burka avenger, Muslim women, and Pakistani national identity / Lena Saleh -- Triple J's hottest 100 : Australia's largest music democracy? / Jennifer Phillips -- Transnational laughter : reception and conservative policies of transposition : the case of the Nanny and Married with Children / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns -- Understanding nationalism in popular culture through the lenses of affect and circulation / Emily West -- Nothing here Is what it seems : Firefly, anti-statism, and American national identity / Tim Nieguth.

The article analyses the image of a scientist represented in recent Russian movies. The article discusses two groups of questions: (1) nature and role of popular science in the life of society; (2) national features of scientific cultures. The article agues that popular science should not be conceived as a week copy of the real science. On the contrary, modern models of science communication assume that popular science have its own value and is able to influence scientific practices. Simultaneously we assume, that since popular science is less integrated with international scientific norms, it can easer reveal national traditions of scientific life. As a result, the analyze of recent Russian movies shows that the tradition established in Peter I times for Russian scientists to work out their self-identity in concern with Russian state still exists (scientist- state supporter/scientist- oppositionist). Actually the modern interpretation of dilemma between state patriotism and liberalism given by modern movies shows that Russian scientist don't have real choice, because they loose anyway whereas the state always wins. So owing to recent movies this representation of hopeless destiny of a scientist is becoming widespread in Russian public culture.

The current wave of religiously motivated protest movements throughout the Islamic world has frequently been associated with popular Islam. This concept of a popular, as opposed to an official, practice has deep roots, however, extending back to the formative period of the Muslim tradition. Classically, the emergence of a clerical elite defined in terms of their functions in the fields of law, education, and administration as well as religion coincided with the rise of a parallel folk piety inspired by Sufism which adapted Islam to local circumstances. The sweeping changes of the last two centuries have undermined many of the old religious institutions belonging to both these spheres. But the overall structures of social relations have largely remained within the context of the nationstate. With few and short-lived exceptions, rural peasants and urban masses who continue to regard Islam as the primary basis for their identity have not responded positively to the summons of the current revival. On the other hand, Islamicists, despite divisions among themselves, have established their importance. Popular Islam persists therefore as a vital concept pointing in two directions.

"It came from the 1950s is an eclectic, witty, and insightful collection of essays predicated on the hypothesis that popular cultural documents provide unique insights into the concerns, anxieties, and desires of their times. The essays explore the emergence of "Hammer Horror" and the company's groundbreaking 1958 adaptation of Dracula; the work of popular authors such as Shirley Jackson and Robert Bloch, and the effect that 50s food advertisements had upon the poetry of Sylvia Plath; the place of special effects in the decade's science fiction films; and 1950s Anglo-American relations as refracted through the prism of the 1957 film Night of the Demon"--

"Scientists deserve public recognition. The ways that they are depicted, however, are severely limited in physical and personal traits, helping to establish and enhance stereotypes under the general title of 'scientist'. These stereotypes range from the arrogant researcher who wants to rule the world, to the lab coat wearing 'nerdy' genius, but all generally fall to an extreme view of an existing perception of what a scientist should look and be like. For example, the popular image of 'a scientist' overlooks the presence of women almost entirely unless attributed to specific subjects and/or with narrow character depictions. The implications can be far-reaching. Young people, being heavily swayed by what they see and hear in the media, may avoid scientific careers because of these limited or unflattering portrayals of the scientific community, regardless of whether they reflect real life. Based on findings from the Light'13 project, this book examines such stereotypes and questions whether it is possible to adjust people's perception of scientists and to increase interest in science and scientific careers through a series of specific actions and events."

Does popular nationalism cause war between states? This book makes a novel claim that popular nationalism has not only a conflict-causing effect but also a restraining effect that makes political leaders seek the status quo and avoid using force when they confront a nationalistic public. Focusing primarily on nationalism in contemporary China, the book also draws from historical cases of territorial crises involving the United States and Argentina.