Tietge, David J., 1966-
Flash effect : science and the rhetorical origins of Cold War America / David J. Tietge. - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2002. - xvii, 199 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-193) and index.
Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 -- Theoretical Perspectives on the Rhetoric of Science -- Further Theoretical Foundationsfor the Rhetoric of Science -- A Way to Study the Rhetoric of Science -- Chapter 2 -- Precedents for Science as the Emerging Hegemony -- Philosophical Implications: Bacon and Descartes -- Darwin and the Roots of the Evolution/Creation Controversy -- Chapter 3 -- The New Age of Science -- Profile of the Scientist The Iconographic Mythos -- The Popular Press, the Popular Scientist, and the Solubility Ethos -- Responses to Sputnik -- Chapter 4 -- New Anxieties, New Solutions, and Nonnuclear Science -- Other Sources of Cold War Anxiety -- The Symbolic Megaphone of Life -- Dominant Attitudes -- Chapter 5 -- The Images, Metaphors, and Religious Symbolism -- of Science -- Theory of Dominant Metaphors -- Key Metaphors of the Cold War -- The Convergent Manifestation of the Trinity Test -- and Hiroshima Bombings -- Machines and Man -- "Control and Smooth Performance" -- The Metaphorical Cycle -- Conclusion: Cold War Leftovers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
082141433X (acid-free paper) 0821414348 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Science--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Technology--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Cold War--Social aspects--United States.
Religion and science--History--United States--20th century.
Rhetoric--History--Political aspects--United States--20th century.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
English language--Rhetoric.--United States
United States--Social conditions--1945-
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
Q175.52.U5 / .T54 2002
303.48/3/0973
Flash effect : science and the rhetorical origins of Cold War America / David J. Tietge. - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2002. - xvii, 199 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-193) and index.
Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 -- Theoretical Perspectives on the Rhetoric of Science -- Further Theoretical Foundationsfor the Rhetoric of Science -- A Way to Study the Rhetoric of Science -- Chapter 2 -- Precedents for Science as the Emerging Hegemony -- Philosophical Implications: Bacon and Descartes -- Darwin and the Roots of the Evolution/Creation Controversy -- Chapter 3 -- The New Age of Science -- Profile of the Scientist The Iconographic Mythos -- The Popular Press, the Popular Scientist, and the Solubility Ethos -- Responses to Sputnik -- Chapter 4 -- New Anxieties, New Solutions, and Nonnuclear Science -- Other Sources of Cold War Anxiety -- The Symbolic Megaphone of Life -- Dominant Attitudes -- Chapter 5 -- The Images, Metaphors, and Religious Symbolism -- of Science -- Theory of Dominant Metaphors -- Key Metaphors of the Cold War -- The Convergent Manifestation of the Trinity Test -- and Hiroshima Bombings -- Machines and Man -- "Control and Smooth Performance" -- The Metaphorical Cycle -- Conclusion: Cold War Leftovers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
082141433X (acid-free paper) 0821414348 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Science--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Technology--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Cold War--Social aspects--United States.
Religion and science--History--United States--20th century.
Rhetoric--History--Political aspects--United States--20th century.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
English language--Rhetoric.--United States
United States--Social conditions--1945-
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
Q175.52.U5 / .T54 2002
303.48/3/0973