Quantum mechanics and the postmodern in one country
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2165301 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henry Krips (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 78-114 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-2386 • E-ISSN: 1466-4348 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09502389600490471 |
| OpenAlex | W2092921996 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 30 |
The orthodox interpretation of Quantum Mechanics was banned in the Soviet Union in 1947, an episode usually glossed as another illustration of repressive Soviet science. This paper argues that the roots of this ban should be located at a much deeper level, in a tension existing between the ‘postmodern’ form of orthodox Quantum Mechanics and an ideology of modernization. In the West a similar ideological tension had a different result: when the occasion demanded, the orthodox interpretation was covertly exchanged for an agnosticism about metaphysical matters, and potential areas of conflict with the principles of modernization were thus defused. The latter strategy benefited the orthodox interpretation, which enjoyed a virtual monopoly in the West from the 1940s through to the 1960s. Using the Freudian notions of ‘transference’ and ‘disavowal’, I explain why the ideological tension with modernization was resolved differently in the West and in the Soviet Union
Epistemology · Ideology · Interpretation (philosophy · Modernization theory · Political science · Politics · Postmodernism · Sociology · Biofield Effects and Biophysics · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History · Quantum Mechanics and Applications
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The Crisis in Physics
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Social Theory and Social Structure
The condition of postmodernity
The practice of everyday life
The Condition of Postmodernity
Dialectic of Enlightenment
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 1999 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |