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Taking on technocracy : nuclear power in Germany, 1945 to the present / Dolores L. Augustine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Augustine, Dolores L., author.
- Series:
- Protest, culture and society ; Volume 24.
- Protest, culture and society ; Volume 24
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antinuclear movement--Germany--History--20th century.
- Antinuclear movement.
- Nuclear power plants--Germany--History--20th century.
- Nuclear power plants.
- Nuclear energy--Germany--History--20th century.
- Nuclear energy.
- Protest movements--Germany--History--20th century.
- Protest movements.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 pages).
- Edition:
- First paperback edition
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2021.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Nuclear dreams and radioactive nightmares: popular culture and the quest for nuclear consensus in East and West Germany, 1945-1970
- On the brink of disaster?: safety regimes and nuclear accidents in the two Germanys
- Dissenting voices: the emergence of counter-experts in West Germany
- From local roots to national prominence: the struggle over Wyhl
- Environmentalism as civil war: Brokdorf-and the consequences
- The shock of Chernobyl and the environmentalist breakthrough in West Germany
- Not immune to error: Chernobyl's impact in the GDR
- Abandoning nuclear power-or not?
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- First published in 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-80758-210-8
- 1-78533-904-4
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