LEADER 03624nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910464865403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786611148874 010 $a0-19-152561-8 010 $a1-4356-2122-0 010 $a1-281-14887-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000298335 035 $a(EBL)415918 035 $a(OCoLC)437096343 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000201285 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179048 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000201285 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10232010 035 $a(PQKB)11270509 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072272 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415918 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415918 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10219885 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL114887 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000298335 100 $a20070702d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe mental aftermath$b[electronic resource] $ethe mentality of German physicists 1945-1949 /$fKlaus Hentschell 210 $aNew York ;$aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (212 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-920566-3 311 $a0-19-170938-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [181]-197) and index. 327 $aContents; List of figures; 1 Introduction; About the sources used; 2 Scientists in Germany seen from the outside; 3 Tensions with the Allies; (a) Superficial admiration and opportunistic friendliness; (b) Covert reserve and distrust; (c) Stubborn resistance to Allied Control; 4 Russian phobia; 5 Sense of isolation and fragmentation; 6 Bitterness about the ""export of scientists""; 7 Scapegoating the Aryan physics movement; 8 Forgetting; (a) Amnesia and unconscious repression; (b) Concealment and dissimilation; 9 Shame, listlessness, and lethargy; 10 Self-justification and the guilt issue 327 $a11 Self-pity, sentimentality, and selfishness12 ""Propaganda-free day-to-day"" and political apathy; 13 New awareness of a scientist's responsibility; 14 Workaholism: ""If we want to live, we must rebuild""; 15 Side-lining of emigre?s and critics; 16 Insensitivity in communicating with emigre?s; 17 Distrust and obduracy among emigre?s; 18 The mental aftermath; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Archival collections; Bibliography; Name index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z 330 $aThe perplexing behaviour of even morally acclaimed German physicists toward the Allied occupiers after WWII is examined. Their public and private statements are examined and may shed light on the prickly issue of the proper comportment of victor nations. - ;Few scientific communities have been more thoroughly studied than 20th-century German physicists. Yet their behaviour and patterns of thinking immediately after the war remains puzzling. During the first five post war years they suspended their internecine battles and a strange solidarity emerged. Former enemies were suddenly willing to exo 606 $aPhysicists$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aScience and state$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aGermany$xHistory$y1945-1955 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPhysicists$xHistory 615 0$aScience and state$xHistory 676 $a530.092243 700 $aHentschel$b Klaus$0969765 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464865403321 996 $aThe mental aftermath$92203748 997 $aUNINA