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The conversion of the atom : nuclear science and ideology in Francoist Spain

Xavier Roqué Rodríguez

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Technologymedia_common.quotation_subjectScienceHistòria de la ciència050905 science studiesDictatorshipPoliticsHistory and Philosophy of ScienceHistory of science0601 history and archaeologyCiència i ideologiaSociologymedia_commonMultidisciplinaryModernity05 social sciencesReactionaryArrayNuclear energy06 humanities and the artsTechnoscienceDemocracyFranco regime060105 history of science technology & medicineHistòria de la físicaLawPolitical economyIdeology0509 other social sciencesAdministration (government)

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At the beginning of the atomic age, Francoist Spain launched an expensive project to develop, research and use nuclear energy. Scientists, the military and high-ranking officials in the administration mobilised to materialise a technoscientific dream with an international scope. The modernity of nuclear science contrasts with the reactionary ideology of the regime, but the paradox is only apparent because until now there has not necessarily been any historical relationship between science and democracy. The drive towards nuclear technoscience reveals the mutual construction of science and politics during the Cold War era and the different ways to appropriate and exploit the atom during the dictatorship.

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2016-06-20
https://hdl.handle.net/10550/79697