Science and the state : from the scientific revolution to World War II

著者

• Gascoigne, John

書誌事項

Science and the state : from the scientific revolution to World War II

John Gascoigne

Cambridge University Press, 2019

• : pbk
• : hbk

注記

Summary: "Science, the state and their mutual dependence Modern science and the modern state emerged at much the same time in early modern Europe and both institutions were consolidated further in the centuries which followed - particularly so in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in response to the imperatives of industrialisation and war. Was this co-incidence? It is the argument of this book that it was not, that the growth of science and the state were linked and both drew on each other in establishing and augmenting their sway. To convey an overview of the major themes which such a survey of the relations between science and the state entails we begin by asking what, in broad, were some of the major ways in which the state and science interacted?"--Provided by publisher

Bibliography: p. 220-242

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Was it coincidence that the modern state and modern science arose at the same time? This overview of the relations of science and state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II explores this issue, synthesising a range of approaches from history and political theory. John Gascoigne argues the case for an ongoing mutual dependence of the state and science in ways which have promoted the consolidation of both. Drawing on a wide body of scholarship, he shows how the changing functions of the state have brought a wider engagement with science, while the possibilities that science make available have increased the authority of the state along with its prowess in war. At the end of World War II, the alliance between science and state was securely established and, Gascoigne argues, is still firmly embodied in the post-war world.

目次

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Renaissance monarchy
• 3. Absolutism
• 4. Rivals to absolutism
• 5. Revolution, reaction and reform, 1776-1850
• 6. An expanding state, 1850-1914
• 7. From war to war, 1914-45
• 8. Science, the state and globalisation
• Epilogue
• Conclusion.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB28052216
• ISBN:
  • 9781316609385
  • 9781107155671
• LCCN: 2018042040
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cambridge
• ページ数/冊数: xiv, 250 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : Q125.2
  • DC23 : 509/.03
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Science and state -- History