Historians of early modern European literature frequently observe a dynamic wherein state or religious authorities' attempts to suppress heterodox ideas inadvertently facilitated their spread. By placing a specific text on an official index of prohibited books, authorities inadvertently signaled to the clandestine book market that the text contained unusually potent or subversive ideas. Instead of erasing the work, this official condemnation acted as a powerful, albeit unintentional, marketing mechanism. It stimulated illicit printing runs and ensured a much wider circulation among the literate public than the obscure text would likely have achieved had the authorities simply ignored it.
Which one of the following scenarios is most analogous to the historical dynamic described in the excerpt?
- AA prominent religious leader publicly condemns a popular new philosophical treatise, which successfully prevents the author from securing a publisher for any subsequent manuscripts.
- BA municipal government offers a substantial financial reward for turning in an invasive agricultural pest, which inadvertently encourages farmers to breed the pest for profit, ultimately increasing the pest's overall population.
- A corporation files a highly publicized lawsuit to force a small blog to remove leaked schematics of an upcoming product, which immediately prompts dozens of larger tech websites to mirror the files for their own readers.Cevap
- DA controversial author intentionally petitions the state to place their obscure novel on a banned book list, correctly predicting that the official condemnation will stimulate clandestine sales.
- EA national government completely censors all domestic media coverage of a growing political protest, leading international human rights organizations to universally condemn the government's restrictive actions.