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Cho, Sookhee. “The Corelation of Truth and Ideology in Heretic.” Studies in English Language & Literature. 36.3(2010): 151-169. In Heretic, David Williamson, the most representative playwright in Australia, tries to dramatize one of the most famous controversies of anthropology, the debate between Margaret Mead and Derek Freeman on the most decisive factor of human nature: heredity or environment. The two scholars had tried to find an answer to the question, “What is the ultimate nature of humankind?” through their academic research. Interestingly, however, their attitudes and behaviors in the text reveal that they were heavily influenced by the needs of the specific time and social ideology which is opposed to their own opinions. In that sense, this play ironically shows that the academic truth is closely related with the non-academic circumstances surrounding the scholars. In other words, the play tells us that the production of truth is heavily accommodated to the power and ideology of the specific time and situation. (Chung-Ang University)