The mental aftermath [[electronic resource] ] : the mentality of German physicists 1945-1949 / / Klaus Hentschell

• Autore: Hentschel Klaus
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Disciplina: 530.092243
• Soggetto topico: Physicists - Germany - History - 20th century; Science and state - Germany - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Germany History 1945-1955
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-197) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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 ; 11 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 emigrés and critics; 16 Insensitivity in communicating with emigrés; 17 Distrust and obduracy among emigrés; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The mental aftermath
• ISBN: 9786611148874; 0-19-152561-8; 1-4356-2122-0; 1-281-14887-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464865403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II