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

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Editors:
  1. Ulrich Bartosch

    1. Social Work, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstaett, Germany

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  • Selection of key texts of a major German universal scientist and thinker of the 20th century appears for the first time in English
  • Essential texts by one of the most important physicists and philosophers, on physics, philosophy, religion, politics and peace research
  • Texts on war and peace, peace and truth, policy implications of nuclear energy, world domestic policy, ethical issues of modern strategy, and consequences of war
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice (BRIEFSPIONEER, volume 25)

Part of the book sub series: Texts and Protocols (BRIEFSTEXTS)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  3. Major Texts on Politics and Peace Research by Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Overcoming the Institution of War

      • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
      Pages 16-21

    3. Rethinking War and Politics in the Atomic Era

      • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
      Pages 23-30

    4. World Domestic Policy

      • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
      Pages 31-39

    5. Rules of International Politics

      • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
      Pages 40-45

    6. Insecure Peace

      • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
      Pages 47-63

    7. The Consequences of Atomic Warfare as Reason for Its Prevention

      • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
      Pages 65-83

    8. Anthropology of Power

      • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
      Pages 84-94

    9. The Real Presence of War Risk

      • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
      Pages 95-105

    10. Theses [For a Convocation for Justice, Peace and Preservation of Creation]

      • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
      Pages 106-109

    11. No Limits on Active Hope

      • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
      Pages 111-113

    12. The Todays Tasks for Tomorrows Life

      • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
      Pages 114-121

    13. Bridging into the Human Future

      • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
      Pages 122-125

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 127-143
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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.

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  • Social Work, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstaett, Germany

    Ulrich Bartosch

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