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Science and Ideology (Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine) - Softcover

Book 27 of 50: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

Walker, Mark

 
9780415279994: Science and Ideology (Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415279992 ISBN 13: 9780415279994
Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

Does science work best in a democracy? Were 'Soviet' or 'Nazi' science fundamentally different from science in the USA? These questions have been passionately debated in the recent past. Particular developments in science took place under particular political regimes, but they may or may not have been directly determined by them.
Science and Ideology brings together a number of comparative case studies to examine the relationship between science and the dominant ideology of a state. Cybernetics in the USA is compared to France and the Soviet Union. Postwar Allied science policy in occupied Germany is juxtaposed to that in Japan. The essays are narrowly focussed, yet cover a wide range of countries and ideologies. The collection provides a unique comparative history of scientific policies and practices in the 20th century.

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About the Author

Mark Walker teaches modern European history and the history of science and technology at Union College in Schenectady, NY. He has published several books and articles on science under National Socialism, including German National Socialism and the Quest for Nuclear Power, 1939–1949 (1989) and Nazi Science: Myth, Truth, and the German Atom Bomb (1995).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415279992
ISBN 13 
9780415279994
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
288