Film and the Medical Humanities: The ‘Romantic Science’ of Neurocinema

Germán Gil-Curiel; Armida De La Garza

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89818-6_4

Film and the Medical Humanities: The ‘Romantic Science’ of Neurocinema

Germán Gil-Curiel
, Armida De La Garza

College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences Office

University College Cork

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Oliver Sacks and Alexander Luria advocated for ‘a romantic science’, a literary form at the intersection of fact and fable, which Sacks employed to introduce lay readers to the complexities of the brain, providing an excellent example of how the two cultures of science and humanities could be reconciled. This is the goal of the medical humanities, which emerged in recognition of the fact that medicine is an art just as much as it is a science. Here we argue there is a particular affinity between film and the brain that the medical humanities, which have hitherto mostly focused on literature, music and the fine arts, could fruitfully develop.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The STEAM Revolution
Subtitle of host publication	Transdisciplinary Approaches to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Humanities and Mathematics
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	67-76
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319898186
ISBN (Print)	9783319898179
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89818-6_4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

Film and the brain
Medical humanities
Neurocinema
Requiem
Romantic science

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The STEAM Revolution: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Humanities and Mathematics. Springer International Publishing, 2018. p. 67-76.

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