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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... symbolic forms, across time which offer a particularly powerful means of sociological engagement with science policy and science implementation. By identifying the repetition of key discursive interventions over time it becomes possible ...
... symbolic capital assumes a position of considerable importance. Asserting imperatives The assertion that there is no alternative (TINA) represents one of the most fundamental discourses in the advancement of the atomic science movement ...
... symbolic potency of science as the bridge to the future.5 Historically it is the discursive claim to 'futurity' above all others which has been central to the institutional consolidation of science within western civilisation. In ...
... Symbolic mediations of science and technology occur within quite specific milieux and play an important role in the negotiation of a number of social relations including trust relations. In contrast to the hyper-rationality of policy ...
... symbolic domain also requires recognition of the increasing importance of the media as a broker in the creation of what Thompson (1995) terms 'quasi-mediated relations' including trust and risk. Historically this is an important task as ...
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 | |