Nuclear Fear: A History of Images. Spencer R. Weart

Nuclear Fear: A History of Images



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Language: English
Page: 552
ISBN: 0674628357, 9780674628359

From Publishers Weekly

Of Americans' fears of a nuclear missile attack, Weart writes: "The potential threat brought an actual attack of imagery, a renewed eruption of hallucinatory visions across the landscapes of the mind." In this discursive analysis, the author of Scientists in Power dabbles in psychology as he discusses multiple symbols and associations that supposedly pervade the public's thinking about nuclear weaponry. Weart examines the U.S. Air Force's mock bomber raids and PR kits designed to promote the "fantasy" that apocalypse can be controlled. His chronicle implicitly holds antinuclear activists and environmentalists to be as guilty as the nuclear industry in manipulating facts and images to play on our fears. Moving from the Manhattan Project to Doris Lessing's futuristic novels, he reduces "atomic bomb anxiety" to a complex of imagery centered on the polarity between authority figures and victims.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

People share many common beliefs about the danger and promise of nuclear power. Weart ( Scientists in Power ) shows us the historical and psychological roots of our ambivalent feelings. He traces the development of the subject from ancient legends and horror stories, which long preceded the actuality of nuclear fission, up through the novels and movies of today. He includes descriptions of how governments have systematically attempted to shape public opinion, sometimes with results opposite to what was intended. Meticulously referenced and a worthwhile addition to most libraries. Harold D. Shane, Baruch Coll., CUNY
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.



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