NATS 1775 Lecture 13: Unit 13 - Science, Tech and Ideology WII and Cold War
23 Jan 2019
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Ideology: collection of ideas behind a theory (i. e. political, economic, religious) usually proposed by dominant members of a society to all members of a society. It is a way of looking at things (i. e. a comprehensive vision about the world) Nazis demanded having an aryan as opposed to jewish science, mccarthy and anti-communism : characteristics of ics. Unacceptable scientists or institutions are purged from environment. Acceptable scientists are recruited, trained and placed into new institutions. Production of science that is acceptable to those in charge of ideological. Scientists (consciously or unconsciously) choose research projects that will benefit their patrons (usually the government) Examples of ideology having an impact on scientific and technological developments can be seen in wwii with story of nazi science, and cold war era with ussr and usa. Historian robert proctor (see article) asks: was nazi science good science? referring to quality of science done by nazis in wwii.
