Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

The National Scientific Imperative in Wartime China and the Complex Motivations of Individual Scientists

The National Scientific Imperative in Wartime China and the Complex Motivations of Individual... AbstractAlthough by the 1930s both state and nonstate actors generally agreed that science was key to the development of a modern China, there was no consensus on what that meant. The Second Sino-Japanese War stimulated a shift toward applied science that framed engagement in applied scientific activities as patriotic. This way of thinking was prevalent in Nationalist institutions. Although most scientists and social scientists understood themselves to be serving the nation, they did not all share this devotion to applied science. This article examines the Nationalist wartime institutional and rhetorical framework for scientific development and the complex ways in which scientists engaged with that framework. It shows that although the Nationalist state sought to bring science and technology into the service of the state, scientists, technicians, and social scientists, though often framing their work in terms of national need, were in fact motivated by a variety of interests and concerns. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian review of World Histories Brill

The National Scientific Imperative in Wartime China and the Complex Motivations of Individual Scientists

Greene, J. Megan
Asian review of World Histories , Volume 11 (1): 28 – Jan 26, 2023
Download PDF
28 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/brill/the-national-scientific-imperative-in-wartime-china-and-the-complex-6y92U6tdj8
Publisher
Brill
Copyright
Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
2287-965X
eISSN
2287-9811
DOI
10.1163/22879811-bja10012
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

AbstractAlthough by the 1930s both state and nonstate actors generally agreed that science was key to the development of a modern China, there was no consensus on what that meant. The Second Sino-Japanese War stimulated a shift toward applied science that framed engagement in applied scientific activities as patriotic. This way of thinking was prevalent in Nationalist institutions. Although most scientists and social scientists understood themselves to be serving the nation, they did not all share this devotion to applied science. This article examines the Nationalist wartime institutional and rhetorical framework for scientific development and the complex ways in which scientists engaged with that framework. It shows that although the Nationalist state sought to bring science and technology into the service of the state, scientists, technicians, and social scientists, though often framing their work in terms of national need, were in fact motivated by a variety of interests and concerns.

Journal

Asian review of World Histories – Brill

Published: Jan 26, 2023

There are no references for this article.