Mobilising Modernity: The Nuclear MomentDuring the nuclear heyday of the post-war years advocates of atomic power promised cheap electricity and a prosperous future. From the present, however, this promise seems tarnished by accidents, leaks and a lack of public confidence. Mobilising Modernity traces this journey from confidence in technology to the anxieties of the Risk Society questioning a number of conventional wisdoms en route. |
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... accidents, leaks and a lack of public confidence. Mobilising Modernity traces this journey from confidence in technology to the anxieties of the Risk Society questioning a number of conventional wisdoms en route. Paying close attention ...
... Accidents will happen 5. Modernity's mobilization stalls 6. The moment of direct action 7. Networking Direct action and collective refusal 8. Conclusions Notes Bibliography Author index Subject index Figures 6.1 Direct action at Torness ...
... accident.10 Second, the quest for uniform control over geographical space on a global scale throughout the nuclear moment has increasingly revealed the fragmentary nature of the social, calling into question some of the most cherished ...
... accident might actually occur. A risk assessment of one in a hundred thousand years of reactor operation has to be divided by the number of reactors operating. This might increase the probability to one in a thousand years with the accident ...
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Contents
The nuclear moment | |
Resisting the juggernaut Opposition in the 1950s | |
Accidents will happen | |
Modernitys mobilization stalls | |
The moment of direct action | |
Networking Direct action and collective refusal | |
Conclusions | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Author index | |