Cold War Civil Defence in Western Europe: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Survival and Preparedness (2021)
Marie Cronqvist (Editor)
Rosanna Farbøl (Editor)
Sylvest, Casper (Editor)
Springer Nature
Edition Details: Table of Contents: Introduction: New Paths in Civil Defence History Marie Cronqvist, Rosanna Farbøl, Casper Sylvest Pages 1-23Open Access PDF Order on Their Home Fronts: Imagining War and Social Control in 1950s NATO Iben Bjørnsson Pages 25-52Open Access PDF The Imagined Disastrous: West German Civil Defence Between War Preparation and Emergency Management 1950–1990 Jochen Molitor Pages 53-76Open Access PDF Normalising Nuclear War: Narrative Scenarios, Imaginative Geographies and Sites of Leisure in 1950s Britain Jonathan Hogg Pages 77-102Open Access PDF Embedding Preparedness, Assigning Responsibility: The Role of Film in Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Civil Defence Peter Bennesved, Casper Sylvest Pages 103-128Open Access PDF ‘The World is Her Home’: The Role of Women Volunteers in Dutch Civil Defence in the 1950s and 1960s Dick van Lente Pages 129-156Open Access PDF Ruins of Resilience: Imaginaries and Materiality Imagineered and Embedded in Civil Defence Architecture Rosanna Farbøl Pages 157-182Open Access PDF Framing Civil Defence Critique: Swiss Physicians’ Resistance to the Coordinated Medical Services in the 1980s Sibylle Marti Pages 183-207Open Access PDF Remembering Desirable Futures? Civil Defence Memories and Everyday Life in Sweden and the UK Marie Cronqvist, Matthew Grant Pages 209-231Open Access PDF Conclusion: Civil Defence Futures (Re)imagined Marie Cronqvist, Rosanna Farbøl, Casper Sylvest Pages 233-245
Physical Details: 259
Language: English
This open access edited collection brings together established and new perspectives on Cold War civil defence in Western Europe within a common analytical framework that also facilitates comparative and transnational dimensions. The current interest in creating disaster-resilient societies demands new histories of civil defence. Historical contextualization is essential in order to understand what is at stake in preparing, devising, and implementing forms of preparedness, protection, and security that are specifically targeted at societies and citizens. Applying the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries to civil defence history, the chapters of this volume cover a range of new themes, from technology and materiality to media, memory, and everyday experience. The book underlines the social embeddedness of civil defence by detailing how it both prompted new forms of social interaction and reflected norms and visions of the ‘good society’ in an age where nuclear technology seemed to hold the key to both doom and salvation.
...MoreReview Victoria Harms (2023) Review of "Cold War Civil Defence in Western Europe: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Survival and Preparedness". Technology and Culture (pp. 256-258).
Chapter Sylvest, Casper; Rosanna Farbøl; Marie Cronqvist (2021) Introduction: New Paths in Civil Defence History. In: Cold War Civil Defence in Western Europe: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Survival and Preparedness (pp. 1-23).
Chapter Grant, Matthew; Marie Cronqvist (2021) Remembering Desirable Futures? Civil Defence Memories and Everyday Life in Sweden and the UK. In: Cold War Civil Defence in Western Europe: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Survival and Preparedness (pp. 233-245).
Chapter Marti, Sibylle (2021) Framing Civil Defence Critique: Swiss Physicians’ Resistance to the Coordinated Medical Services in the 1980s. In: Cold War Civil Defence in Western Europe: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Survival and Preparedness (pp. 183-207).
Chapter Rosanna Farbøl (2021) Ruins of Resilience: Imaginaries and Materiality Imagineered and Embedded in Civil Defence Architecture. In: Cold War Civil Defence in Western Europe: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Survival and Preparedness (pp. 157-182).
Chapter Lente, Dick van (2021) ‘The World is Her Home’: The Role of Women Volunteers in Dutch Civil Defence in the 1950s and 1960s. In: Cold War Civil Defence in Western Europe: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Survival and Preparedness.
Chapter Sylvest, Casper; Peter Bennesved (2021) Embedding Preparedness, Assigning Responsibility: The Role of Film in Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Civil Defence. In: Cold War Civil Defence in Western Europe: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Survival and Preparedness (pp. 103-128).
Chapter Hogg, Jonathan (2021) Normalising Nuclear War: Narrative Scenarios, Imaginative Geographies and Sites of Leisure in 1950s Britain. In: Cold War Civil Defence in Western Europe: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Survival and Preparedness (pp. 77-102).
Chapter Jochen Molitor (2021) The Imagined Disastrous: West German Civil Defence Between War Preparation and Emergency Management 1950–1990. In: Cold War Civil Defence in Western Europe: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Survival and Preparedness.
Chapter Iben Bjørnsson (2021) Order on Their Home Fronts: Imagining War and Social Control in 1950s NATO. In: Cold War Civil Defence in Western Europe: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Survival and Preparedness (pp. 25-52).
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