Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts on Politics and Peace Research

This book offers a collection of texts by Carl Friedrich von Weizsaecker (1912-2007), a major German universal scientist who was also a pioneer in physics, philosophy, religion on issues of politics and peace research. He worked with Werner Heisenberg and Otto Hahn in the German "Uranverein", obtained a patent for plutonium during World War II and was an opponent of the nuclear armament of the German armed forces (1957). Furthermore, he published a study on the inability to defend Germany (1971) that was instrumental in the debate on defensive defense since the mid 1970s. He wrote on war and peace, peace and truth, policy implications of nuclear energy, on ethical issues of modern strategy, on consequences of war and war prevention and on the theory of power. He coined the term "world domestic policy" which still covers a valid theory for political, institutional secured world peace in the atomic age.

Table des matières

"We Have to Eliminate the Institution of War!" - Introduction by the Editor to Selected Political Texts of Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker.- Overcoming the Institution of War.- Rethinking War and Politics in the Atomic Era.- World Domestic Policy.- Rules of International Politics.- Insecure Peace.- The Consequences of Atomic Warfare as Reason for its Prevention.- Anthropology of Power.- The Real Presence of War Risk.

Résumé

This book offers a collection of texts by Carl Friedrich von Weizsaecker (1912-2007), a major German universal scientist who was also a pioneer in physics, philosophy, religion on issues of politics and peace research. He worked with Werner Heisenberg and Otto Hahn in the German “Uranverein”, obtained a patent for plutonium during World War II and was an opponent of the nuclear armament of the German armed forces (1957). Furthermore, he published a study on the inability to defend Germany (1971) that was instrumental in the debate on defensive defense since the mid 1970s. He wrote on war and peace, peace and truth, policy implications of nuclear energy, on ethical issues of modern strategy, on consequences of war and war prevention and on the theory of power. He coined the term “world domestic policy” which still covers a valid theory for political, institutional secured world peace in the atomic age.

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Ulric Bartosch (Editeur), Ulrich Bartosch (Editeur)
• Edition: Springer, Berlin
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9783319133072
• ISBN: 978-3-31-913307-2
• Pages: 143
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 10 mm
• Poids: 254 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 143 p. 37 illus., 25 illus. in color.
• Thèmes: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice; SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice / Texts and Protocols; Texts and Protocols; SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice; Texts and Protocols
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Physique, astronomie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques; Physik, C, Political Science, Political Science and International Studies, Nuclear physics, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Particle & high-energy physics