Taking on Technocracy

Nuclear Power in Germany, 1945 to the Present
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-80073-198-1
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 24, 304 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 443 g

Reihe: Protest, Culture & Society

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Augustine, Dolores L.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Kernenergieindustrie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms/Glossary

Introduction

Chapter 1. Nuclear Dreams and Radioactive Nightmares: Popular Culture and the Quest for Nuclear Consensus in East and West Germany, 1945-1970

Chapter 2. On the Brink of Disaster?: Safety Regimes and Nuclear Accidents in the Two Germanys

Chapter 3. Dissenting Voices: The Emergence of Counter-Experts in West Germany

Chapter 4. From Local Roots to National Prominence: The Struggle over Wyhl

Chapter 5. Environmentalism as Civil War: Brokdorf—and the Consequences

Chapter 6. The Shock of Chernobyl and the Environmentalist Breakthrough in West Germany

Chapter 7. Not Immune to Error: Chernobyl’s Impact in the GDR

Chapter 8. Abandoning Nuclear Power—Or Not?

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Augustine, Dolores L.
Dolores L. Augustine was until her retirement a Professor of History at St. John’s University, New York. She received her doctorate from the Free University of Berlin. Her publications include Patricians and Parvenus: Wealth and High Society in Wilhelmine Germany and Red Prometheus: Engineering and Dictatorship in East Germany, 1945-1990.

Dolores L. Augustine was until her retirement a Professor of History at St. John’s University, New York. She received her doctorate from the Free University of Berlin. Her publications include Patricians and Parvenus: Wealth and High Society in Wilhelmine Germany and Red Prometheus: Engineering and Dictatorship in East Germany, 1945-1990.