Book ID: CBB881274321

Taking on Technocracy: Nuclear Power in Germany, 1945 to the Present (2018)

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Augustine, Dolores L. (Author)


Berghahn Books


Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 286
Language: English

The German abandonment of nuclear power represents one of the most successful popular revolts against technocratic thinking in modern times—the triumph of a dynamic social movement, encompassing a broad swath of West Germans as well as East German dissident circles, over political, economic, and scientific elites. Taking on Technocracy gives a brisk account of this dramatic historical moment, showing how the popularization of scientific knowledge fostered new understandings of technological risk. Combining analyses of social history, popular culture, social movement theory, and histories of science and technology, it offers a compelling narrative of a key episode in the recent history of popular resistance.

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Review Astrid M. Eckert (2020) Review of "Taking on Technocracy: Nuclear Power in Germany, 1945 to the Present". Environmental History (pp. 155-157). unapi

Review Robert Gioielli (2020) Review of "Taking on Technocracy: Nuclear Power in Germany, 1945 to the Present". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 902-903). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Patrick Vitale
Baie, Mona
Kris Hartley
Trainque, Jarrod
Julie Passanante Elman
Fuchs, Martina
Concepts
Science and society
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Nuclear power; atomic energy
Popular culture
Science and politics
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
United States
Germany
China
Sweden
Great Britain
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
Institutions
Santa Fe Institute
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