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Cold War, apocalypse and peaceful atoms: interpretations of nuclear energy in the British and West German anti-nuclear weapons movements, 1955-1964

Kalter Krieg, Apokalypse und friedliche Atome: Interpretationen der Kernenergie in der britischen und westdeutschen Protestbewegung gegen Kernwaffen, 1955-1964
[journal article]

Nehring, Holger

Abstract

Die meisten Umwelthistoriker sind der Auffassung, dass die Gefahren der Kernenergie erst in den 1970er Jahren ins öffentliche Bewusstsein drangen. In den 1950er und 1960er Jahren habe demgegenüber eine 'Apokalypse-Blindheit' (Günter Anders) vorgeherrscht. Der Verfasser untersucht die Wahrnehmungen v... view more

Die meisten Umwelthistoriker sind der Auffassung, dass die Gefahren der Kernenergie erst in den 1970er Jahren ins öffentliche Bewusstsein drangen. In den 1950er und 1960er Jahren habe demgegenüber eine 'Apokalypse-Blindheit' (Günter Anders) vorgeherrscht. Der Verfasser untersucht die Wahrnehmungen von Nutzen und Gefahren der Kernenergie im Rahmen der Proteste gegen Kernwaffen in Großbritannien und Deutschland in den späten 1950er und frühen 1960er Jahren mit dem Ziel, zu einer differenzierteren Einschätzung zu gelangen. Vor allem in Deutschland waren die Diskussionen über eine militärische Nutzung der Kernenergie ein Vorläufer der Umweltdebatte der 1970er und 1980er Jahre. Die zivile Nutzung der Kernenergie wurde demgegenüber zunehmend als Vorbote des Friedens gesehen. (ICEÜbers)... view less


'Most environmental historians argue that an awareness of the dangers of nuclear energy emerged only during the 1970s. Conversely, they have noted a 'blindness towards the apocalypse' (Günter Anders) during the 1950s and early 1960s. This article examines the perceptions of the dangers and possible ... view more

'Most environmental historians argue that an awareness of the dangers of nuclear energy emerged only during the 1970s. Conversely, they have noted a 'blindness towards the apocalypse' (Günter Anders) during the 1950s and early 1960s. This article examines the perceptions of the dangers and possible benefits connected with nuclear energy within the protests against nuclear weapons in Britain and West Germany during the late 1950s and early 1960s in order to differentiate this assessment. Especially in the Federal Republic, discussions about the military use of nuclear energy prefigured the tropes which were to resurface in the environmental movements of the 1970s and 1980s. The civilian use of nuclear energy was, by contrast, increasingly seen as the harbinger of peace.' (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
antinuclear movement; cold war; nuclear weapon; nuclear power plant; Federal Republic of Germany; nuclear energy; protest movement; Great Britain

Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy

Method
descriptive study; historical

Document language
English

Publication Year
2004

Page/Pages
p. 150-170

Journal
Historical Social Research, 29 (2004) 3

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.29.2004.3.150-170

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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