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"Månen är ingen ost!": En idéhistorisk kandidatuppsats om Georg Borgström och rymdforskningen

Lindqvist, Jakob LU (2022) ILHK02 20221
Division of History of Ideas and Sciences
Abstract
"The Moon is not made of cheese!": A history of ideas thesis on Georg Borgström and the space research

This thesis discusses and analysis Georg Borgström’s arguments against the space research program in the 1960s. It begins with his appearance in the Swedish radio on the 28 of August 1960 with the title “Mat eller månraketer” (“Food or moon rockets”). It then stretches throughout the 60s and ends with the later decade, with a article published on the 16th of September 1970. The thesis is organized in a chronological order.
To put his argument in a broader context, his arguments is put in dialog with the reception they got in Swedish media at the time. Borgström’s was first and foremost a biologist and a public figure, who constantly... (More)
"The Moon is not made of cheese!": A history of ideas thesis on Georg Borgström and the space research

This thesis discusses and analysis Georg Borgström’s arguments against the space research program in the 1960s. It begins with his appearance in the Swedish radio on the 28 of August 1960 with the title “Mat eller månraketer” (“Food or moon rockets”). It then stretches throughout the 60s and ends with the later decade, with a article published on the 16th of September 1970. The thesis is organized in a chronological order.
To put his argument in a broader context, his arguments is put in dialog with the reception they got in Swedish media at the time. Borgström’s was first and foremost a biologist and a public figure, who constantly made headlines in newspapers, as well as a frequently heard voice in radio, in the Nordic countries and The United States of America.
If a short summarize would be given of the analysis there are a couple of points that should be brought up. First and foremost, Borgström did not criticize space research directly, he instead meant that the problem laid within the political structure of the two superpowers at the time, United States of America and The Soviet Union. Borgström attacked their incompetent ability to prioritize resources in what Borgström thought where crucial institutions, such as food and reservation research. The debate took a turn in 1967, and Borgström had to defend his position. He was accused of being a pessimist and exaggeration of the population and the hunger crisis. (Less)
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author
Lindqvist, Jakob LU
supervisor
organization
course
ILHK02 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Space research, environment, speech acts, transnational, world hunger, population crisis, optimism, and pessimism.
language
Swedish
id
9102625
date added to LUP
2023-09-13 09:08:53
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2023-09-13 09:08:53
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  abstract     = {{"The Moon is not made of cheese!": A history of ideas thesis on Georg Borgström and the space research

This thesis discusses and analysis Georg Borgström’s arguments against the space research program in the 1960s. It begins with his appearance in the Swedish radio on the 28 of August 1960 with the title “Mat eller månraketer” (“Food or moon rockets”). It then stretches throughout the 60s and ends with the later decade, with a article published on the 16th of September 1970. The thesis is organized in a chronological order.
	To put his argument in a broader context, his arguments is put in dialog with the reception they got in Swedish media at the time. Borgström’s was first and foremost a biologist and a public figure, who constantly made headlines in newspapers, as well as a frequently heard voice in radio, in the Nordic countries and The United States of America.
	If a short summarize would be given of the analysis there are a couple of points that should be brought up. First and foremost, Borgström did not criticize space research directly, he instead meant that the problem laid within the political structure of the two superpowers at the time, United States of America and The Soviet Union. Borgström attacked their incompetent ability to prioritize resources in what Borgström thought where crucial institutions, such as food and reservation research. The debate took a turn in 1967, and Borgström had to defend his position. He was accused of being a pessimist and exaggeration of the population and the hunger crisis.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{"Månen är ingen ost!": En idéhistorisk kandidatuppsats om Georg Borgström och rymdforskningen}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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