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Neutrality in Twentieth-Century Europe: Intersections of Science, Culture, and Politics after the First World War: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

Editat de Rebecka Lettevall, Geert Somsen, Sven Widmalm
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 mai 2017
Whether in science or in international politics, neutrality has sometimes been promoted, not only as a viable political alternative but as a lofty ideal – in politics by nations proclaiming their peacefulness, in science as an underpinning of epistemology, in journalism and other intellectual pursuits as a foundation of a professional ethos. Time and again scientists and other intellectuals have claimed their endeavors to be neutral, elevated above the world of partisan conflict and power politics. This volume studies the resonances between neutrality in science and culture and neutrality in politics. By analyzing the activities of scientists, intellectuals, and politicians (sometimes overlapping categories) of mostly neutral nations in the First World War and after, it traces how an ideology of neutralism was developed that soon was embraced by international organizations.
This book explores how the notion of neutrality has been used and how a neutralist discourse developed in history. None of the contributions take claims of neutrality at face value – some even show how they were made to advance partisan interests. The concept was typically clustered with notions, such as peace, internationalism, objectivity, rationality, and civilization. But its meaning was changeable – varying with professional, ideological, or national context. As such, Neutrality in Twentieth-Century Europe presents a different perspective on the century than the story of the great belligerent powers, and one in which science, culture, and politics are inextricably mixed.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781138117044
ISBN-10: 1138117048
Pagini: 366
Ilustrații: 28
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Studies in Cultural History

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

1. Introduction Rebecka Lettevall, Geert Somsen, and Sven Widmalm  Part I: Points of Departure: The breakdown of internationalism in science and culture and its effects  2. Probing the Master Narrative of Scientific Internationalism: Nationals and Neutrals in the 1920s Brigitte Schroeder  Part II: International Collaborations: Neutrality in science  3. "Holland’s Calling": Dutch Scientists’ Self-fashioning as International Mediators Geert Somsen  4. "A superior type of universal civilisation": Science as Politics in Sweden, 1917-1926 Sven Widmalm  5. "Has the Swedish Academy of Sciences … seen nothing, heard nothing, and understood nothing?" The First World War, Biased Neutrality, and the Nobel Prizes in Science Robert Marc Friedman  6. Pursuing Common Cultural Ideals: Niels Bohr, Neutrality, and International Scientific Collaboration during the Inter-War Period Henrik Knudsen and Henry Nielsen  7. Caught-up by Politics? The Solvay Councils on Physics and the Trials of Neutrality Kenneth Bertrams  8. The Scientific Construction of Swiss Neutrality  Daniel Speich Chassé  Part III: Intellectual Positions: Neutrality and Culture  9. A Castle in the Centre: The First Czechoslovak Republic and European Cooperation (1918-1938) Carlos Reijnen  10. Prague Zionism, the Czechoslovak State, and the Rise of German National Socialism: the Figure of Max Brod (1914-1933) Gaëlle Vassogne  11. Legitimacy through Neutrality: Resources of Journalism in the International Press Visit to Sweden in 1923 Patrik Lundell  12. Of Twins and Time: Scientists, Intellectual Cooperation, and the League of Nations Jimena Canales  Part IV: Political Visions: Neutrality and Peace  13. Eye-deep in Hell: Heinrich Lammasch, the Confederation of Neutral States, and Austrian Neutrality, 1899-1920 Georg Cavallar  14. Nobel Science of Peace: Norwegian Neutrality, Internationalism and the Nobel Peace Prize Vidar Enebakk  15. Neutrality and Humanitarianism: Fridtjof Nansen and the Nansen Passports Rebecka Lettevall  List of Contributors  Notes  Index

Recenzii

"A stimulating, new look at how scientific values mix with political identities."Geert Vanpaemel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Descriere

Time and again scientists and other intellectuals have claimed their endeavors to be neutral, elevated above the world of partisan conflict and power politics. This volume studies the resonances between neutrality in science and culture and neutrality in politics. By analyzing the activities of scientists, intellectuals, and politicians (sometimes overlapping categories) of mostly neutral nations in the First World War and after, it traces how an ideology of neutralism was developed that soon was embraced by international organizations. This book explores how the notion of neutrality has been used and how a neutralist discourse developed in history. As such, Neutrality in Twentieth-Century Europe presents a different perspective on the century than the story of the great belligerent powers, and one in which science, culture, and politics are inextricably mixed.