Science and ideology : a comparative history / / edited by Mark Walker

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (605 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9/26/0904
• Soggetto topico: Science and state - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WalkerMark <1959->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction: science and ideology; Science and the Cold War; Science and National Socialism; Comparative studies of science and ideology; Notes; 2. Science and totalitarianism: lessons for the twenty-first century; Introduction; Science and scientism in totalitarian ideologies; Totalitarian ideologies in science; Science and freedom; Conclusions; Notes; 3. "Ideologically correct" science; Introduction; France; The Soviet Union; Germany; Japan; United States; China; Conclusion; Notes ; 4. From communications engineering to communications science: cybernetics and information theory in the United States, France, and the Soviet UnionTechnical content and national context; The origins of cybernetics: expanding control; The NDRC and the fire control problem; Wiener's civilian elaboration; Cybernetics and information theory in France; French political context; Discussions at the first French congresses; Ideological attack from the French Communist Party; French contributions to information theory; A French consensus regarding the place of cybernetics ; Cybernetics and information theory in the Soviet UnionThe anti-cybernetics campaign in the USSR; The rehabilitation of cybernetics and the new era; Soviet cybernetics as a trading zone; Models of communication as exchange of information; Conclusion; Notes; 5. Science policy in post-1945 West Germany and Japan: between ideology and economics; Introduction; Post-1945 West Germany; Shifting american attitudes towards science in Germany; Post-war German critiques of science and technology; Promoting the power of science; Claiming political virtue for science; Post-1945 Japan ; Postwar Japanese critiques of science and technologyShifting American attitudes; Promoting atoms for peace in Japan; Concluding comments; Notes; 6. The transformation of nature under Hitler and Stalin; Introduction; The Third Reich and the forest; The people's automobile; Nature transformation under Stalin and beyond; Seeing the forest for the socialist trees; Authoritarian regimes and nature transformation reconsidered; Notes; 7. Legitimation through use: rocket and aeronautic research in the Third Reich and the U.S.A.; Introduction ; Structures I: rocket and aeronautics research in the Third ReichRocket development at Peenemönde-Ost; Aeronautic research at Völkenrode; First actor: towards the socialization of German rocket and aeronautic researchers; Structures II: the replication of a principle of organization; Replicas: Huntsville and Tullahoma; Rocket development in Huntsville; Aeronautic and rocket research in Tullahoma; Second actors: transfer of scientists and technology to the U.S.A.; Tasso Proppe: a "Paperclip" engineer in the U.S.A.; Conclusion; Notes ; 8. Weaving networks: the University of Jena in the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the postwar East German state
• Sommario/riassunto: This unique comparative history of scientific policies and practices in the 20th century brings together a number of case studies to examine the relationship between science and the dominant ideology of a state.
• Titolo autorizzato: Science and ideology
• ISBN: 0-415-27999-2; 1-315-01500-5; 1-136-46662-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453733903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine