Abstract
This paper is a critical discussion of the way present day historical TV documentaries
portray the science and technology of the First World War. Their
problematic central statement, i.e. that research and development in natural
science and engineering lent to the First World War a completely new, modem
dimension is carefully examined in the first part. It turns out that these
documentaries actually represent only one aspect of the multi-faceted,
normatively charged phenomenon of modernity, and that the authors employ
a limited notion of modernity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 227-241 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Technikgeschichte |
Volume | 72 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |