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Of the three major British TV series in the past that took a ‘big vision’ of the development of civilisation in technical and/or intellectual senses: Clarke’s ‘Civilisation’, Bronowski’s ‘Ascent’, and Burke’s ‘Connections’ by far the most conceptually penetrating and diverse was Bronowski’s.
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I would characterise it like this, with Clarke we get the Aristocrat/Scholar, superb and singular in his erudition and exemplary sensibility, with Burke we get the hip materialist university prof who with wit draws together individuals and science in easy-to-understand argument/narratives that make him look clever. With Bronowski we get depth and intellectual risk taking. I think this has to do with how Bronowski chooses to articulate a sense of oblique contemplation about the events he describes as he explains things - that is for him communicating his points is always tied into synthesising a symbolic language of attributes about humanity’s progress with scientific or empirical facts. This comes from a variety of things, Bronowski’s early interest in literature (particularly William Blake), his heritage as an eastern European Jew, and his experiences as an assessor of the effects of war both as a scientist and as a Jew.
His book on Blake, although at times meandering and searching, is the most original attempt at contextualising the poet I’ve ever read - in a way its a critical assessment of Blake and the associative implications of his writing that models Blakean thought to 20thc conclusions as if it were Blake himself writing it.
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Bronowski just simply has more depth and a much greater originality of thought and ethical outlook than the other two. He’s a real thinker rather than simply an academic and this comes out in his agility with shifting arenas of investigation during the programs.
Put your kids in front of this guy - its the sort of mind our education system should be producing. I certainly would not say that he is a bad presenter, he’s just one that demands a different kind of attention than the shlock sound-byte cardboard cut-out presenters you get so much on TV today. You actually have to spend time observing him as he imparts ideas - his mannerisms are crucial to his public performance and if you can find a way to dig it its endlessly inspiring.
I can only concur with the many accolades this superb program has received over the years. Viewing it as a teen was a broadening and life-changing experience for me. Through its lens, I became fascinated by the complex interrelationships among many fields of learning and started to view the sciences as both poetry and a grand adventure. I look forward to giving the same experience to my children.
Jacob Bronowski was truly a renaissance man, capable of synthesizing the progress of human understanding and the scientific method into lucid, beautiful essays. “The Ascent of Man” is his magnum opus and, in both written and filmed formats, required reading and viewing for all those who would hope to consider themselves educated. It’s not simply a history of scientific thought; it’s also a vigorous defense of humanism and a passionate assault on dogma.
That said, the current edition, which I’ve checked out from the library, looks like it was mastered from mediocre Super8 film. And I’m thoroughly flummoxed by the price. I refuse to pay $130 for a box set of DVDs when the DVD set for Kenneth Clark’s “Civilization,” a series comparable both in length and in excellence, costs only $55. Why is “The Ascent of Man” available from Amazon.co.uk in Region 2 encoding for only £37? Why overcharge Americans and discourage new generations from exposing themselves to the brilliance of Bronowski?
For that matter, why is Alistair Cooke’s wonderful TV series “America” completely unavailable in America yet available in the UK? This makes no sense! Would someone at the BBC get his or her head out of the sand and release these DVDs — properly remastered, please — in the US?
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