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The mental aftermath : the mentality of German physicists 1945-1949 / Klaus Hentschell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hentschel, Klaus.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physicists--Germany--History--20th century.
- Physicists.
- Science and state--Germany--History--20th century.
- Science and state.
- Germany--History--1945-1955.
- Germany.
- Physical Description:
- 205 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the German.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- 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 selfishness
- 12 "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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-197) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0191525618
- 9780191525612
- OCLC:
- 437096343
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