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  • Chapter 1 - A New Project for the Humanities

  • from Part I - Literature and Science Policy
  • Jay Clayton, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
  • Book:
    Literature, Science, and Public Policy
    Published online:
    03 August 2023
    Print publication:
    17 August 2023, pp 3-30
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    Chapter 1 makes the case for literature’s value to science policy and reveals how literary scholars can enter the field. With the growth of interdisciplinary policy committees, which draw on experts from all across the university and the public sphere, humanists have the opportunity to speak to urgent questions about the social implications of science. Because culture affects public attitudes toward science, policy committees need the expertise of humanists who study literature, film, myth, metaphor, and symbolic structures to strengthen their understanding of cultural influences on policy concerns. Literary study brings new archives, new methods, new approaches to scientific language, and new pedagogies to the field of public policy. Focusing on Ian McEwan’s novel Saturday, the chapter shows how a novel can deepen our understanding of an important policy issue like the misguided belief in genetic determinism.