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Einstein and twentieth-century politics : 'a salutary moral influence' / Richard Crockatt.

Author/creator Crockatt, Richard
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Descriptionviii, 236 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online History
Subject(s)
Contents The making of a global public intellectual -- Foundations of thought : principles, privacy, and performance -- Pacifism -- Zionism and Israel -- The bomb and the arms race -- World government -- Freedom and cold-war politics.
Abstract Albert Einstein, world-renowned as a physicist, was also publicly committed to radical political views. Despite the vast literature on Einstein, this is the first comprehensive study of his politics, covering his opinions and campaigns on pacifism, Zionism, control of nuclear weapons, world government, freedom, and racial equality.-- Source other than the Library of Congress.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016934371
ISBN9780198785491 (hardcover)
ISBN0198785496 (hardcover)

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