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

Augustine, Dolores L. (Author)

Berghahn Books
Publication date: 2018
Language: English

ISBN: 9781785336454

Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 286

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Popular culture Science and technology studies (STS) Science and society Technocracy Nuclear power; atomic energy 21st century 20th century, late Germany

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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