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The Coproduction of Neutral Science and Neutral State in Cold War Europe: Switzerland and International Scientific Cooperation, 1951--69 (2009)

Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 24
Pages: 165--187

Publication Date: 2009
Edition Details: Volume title: “Science and National Identity: The Role of Science and Technology”
Language: English

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Science and politics Societies; institutions; academies National identity 20th century, late Switzerland European Space Research Organisation European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)

Neither science nor state has ever been transcendentally neutral, but they have sometimes been made neutral, together, as this paper shows in the context of cold war Europe. The paper explores how the Swiss government tried to depoliticize and demilitarize new international research institutions in the fields of high-energy physics (CERN), space research (ESRO and ELDO), and molecular biology (EMBL) in order to make science neutral. Conversely, this paper investigates how participation in neutralized scientific institutions supported Switzerland's neutrality policy and strengthened this essential element of its national identity. It thus addresses symmetrically the coproduction of neutral science and neutral state.

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Description “Explores how the Swiss government tried to “depoliticize” and “demilitarize” new international research institutions in the fields of high-energy physics (CERN), space research (ESRO and ELDO), and molecular biology (EMBL) in order to make science neutral.” (from the abstract)

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Article Harrison, Carol E.; Johnson, Ann (2009) Introduction: Science and National Identity. Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 1). unapi

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