What does ivory tower mean?

Ivory tower is based on Chapter 7, Section 4 of the Bible "Old Testament, Song of Songs" (the Old Testament, song of songs). The wise and wealthy King Solomon of Israel once wrote a poem 1005 song, which comes from the fifth song of the love song "Song of Songs".

In his letter "To Wellman", the 19th-century French poet and literary critic Saint-Pévet Charles Augustine criticized the pessimism and negativity in the works of the contemporary French romantic poet Vigny, advocating that writers should avoid vulgarity. It transcends the bourgeois reality and enters a subjective fantasy world of art, the tower of ivory.

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1. Sociological terminology

The term "ivory tower" was later gradually applied to society In all aspects of life, in Chinese, the ivory tower originally refers to a person who ignores the ugly and miserable life in the real society and hides himself in his ideal and happy state to engage in creation. It means to detach from the real society, stay away from life, and hide in A lonely and comfortable personal world, a person who relies on his or her brain to engage in writing activities

2. Psychological terms

Ivory tower, a colorful and illusory small universe in the heart of an imaginative person.

3. Technological fantasy terms

Ivory tower refers to a fantasy technology that needs to be proven, especially high-tech issues in space exploration. The science fiction book "The Mystery in the Ivory Tower" 》That’s what it means.

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