Chapter 5. Scientific Cinema Between Enlightenment and Superstition, 1918–41

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Introduction. Human Science and Cinema in Germany After the Great War 1
5. Chapter 1. Cinema and the Visual Culture of the Human Sciences 23
6. Chapter 2. Film Reform, Mental Hygiene, and the Campaign Against “Trash,” 1912–34 65
7. Chapter 3. Hypnosis, Cinema, and Censorship in Germany, 1895–1933 103
8. Chapter 4. What Is an Enlightenment Film? Cinema and Sexual Hygiene in Interwar Germany 137
9. Chapter 5. Scientific Cinema Between Enlightenment and Superstition, 1918–41 164
10. Conclusion. Science, Cinema, and the Malice of Objects 195
11. Notes 205
12. Bibliography 247
13. Index 261
14. Acknowledgments 267