Infinite Community?
The Scientific Community in the Cold War
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
In the Cold War, there were numerous entry and exit restrictions for scientists in the East and the West. International scientific associations reacted with sanctions, for this contradicted their idea of an autonomous scientific community. This idea arose in essence as a reaction to the Communist states’ understanding of science as something to be instrumentalised and the ideological differences of the Cold War.
(Osteuropa 10/2009, pp. 57–68)