LEADER 05248cam a2200673Ii 4500001 99125344641106421 005 20240131141525.0 006 m o d | 007 cr -n--------- 008 180331s2003 enk ob 001 0 eng d 020 1-136-46669-X 020 0-415-27999-2 020 1-315-01500-5 020 1-136-46662-2 024 7 10.4324/9781315015002 |2doi 035 (CKB)2550000001131136 035 (EBL)1474469 035 (OCoLC)862048823 035 (SSID)ssj0001037637 035 (PQKBManifestationID)12459282 035 (PQKBTitleCode)TC0001037637 035 (PQKBWorkID)11046013 035 (PQKB)11373978 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC1474469 035 (Au-PeEL)EBL1474469 035 (CaPaEBR)ebr10786373 035 (CaONFJC)MIL530845 035 (OCoLC)861200018 035 (FINmELB)ELB137370 035 (EXLCZ)992550000001131136 040 MiAaPQ |beng |erda |epn |cMiAaPQ |dMiAaPQ 041 eng 050 4 Q125 |b.S43179 2003 082 0 338.9/26/0904 |221 245 00 Science and ideology : |ba comparative history / |cedited by Mark Walker. 264 1 London ;New York : |bRoutledge, |c2003. 300 1 online resource (605 p.) 336 text |btxt 337 computer |bc 338 online resource |bcr 440 0 Routledge studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine 490 1 Routledge studies in the history of science, technology and medicine 500 Description based upon print version of record. 505 0 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 505 8 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 505 8 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 505 8 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 505 8 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 505 8 8. Weaving networks: the University of Jena in the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the postwar East German state 520 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. 546 English 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 588 Description based on print version record. 650 0 Science and state |xHistory |y20th century |vCase studies. 776 |z0-415-27122-3 776 |z1-299-99594-2 797 2 elibro, Corp. 700 1 Walker, Mark, |d1959- 830 0 Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine 906 BOOK