Brecht on Galileo on science
Bertolt Brecht's play *The Life of Galileo* expresses a powerful critique of the role played by scientists in a class society. His Galileo expresses self-contempt for the fact that "science" is the companion to "class oppression", and that his own career facilitated that alliance. "I handed my knowledge to those in power for them to use, fail to use, misuse — whatever best suited their objectives."
Understanding Society · Brecht on Galileo on scienceBertolt Brecht composed his play Life of Galileo (1939) (link) while on the run in Denmark from Nazi Germany in 1938. Brecht was a determined anti-Nazi, and he was an advocate of revoluti…