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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... scientific innovations a number of futures are evoked. Frontier claims are ... social movement's projects. In terms of the atomic science movement the ... scientific or technical difficulties.
The Nuclear Moment Ian Welsh. Discounting residual difficulties into the future scientific or technical difficulties which become acknowledged within a particular present can become problematic to the advance of a scientific social ...
... social and cultural spheres which support science as a set of material ... scientific knowledge subject to revision or complete reformulation. The ... scientific claims-making can be read as inconsistency or failure to live up to previous ...
... 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 analysis, which seeks to ...
... science. Expressed simply this influential view equates better ... social relations become exposed. This assumes a particular potency when the ... scientific institutions, and scientific actions from the past certain actors are sensitised to.
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 | |