Science and the Third Reich

[alice malice]

The novel, Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon's 1973 masterpiece, is
the centerpiece of Slade's article. The book, among other things,
explores the ways that various scientific disciplines both
undergirded, and were exploited by, the Nazi technological and
bureaucratic empire. Slade's piece lucidly surveys these connections,
and also examines how, in Gravity's Rainbow, the agenda and artifacts
of the Third Reich -- and the regime's technocrats -- embody
scientific principles.

And from GR to the his most recent effort, _Bleeding Edge_, Pynchon
has examined the conflicts inherent in the innovations, applications
of science/technology/mathematics, the cult of engineering, the
Scientism that has, not replaced religion, but like the Spirit, in the
Spirit of Capitalism, is, despite its claims to objective principles,
religious--cultural. This conflict is not exclusive to science, but is
also inherent in aesthetic productions--such as film production in GR,
and even in the production of GR itself by Thomas Pynchon.

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:06 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://archive.adl.org/braun/vol10_no2.html
-
Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l