Informazioni generali

Nome canonico: Jungk, Robert
Nome legale: Baum, Robert
Altri nomi: Pierhal, Jean
Lefèvre, F.
Stael, Arnold de
Oz, Bert
Jungk-Weyer, Robert
Baum-Jungk, Robert
Data di nascita: 1913-05-11
Data di morte: 1994-07-14
Luogo di sepoltura: Salzburg, Austria
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: Austria
USA
Luogo di nascita: Berlin, Germany
Luogo di morte: Salzburg, Austria
Luogo di residenza: Paris, France
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Berlin, Germany
Zurich, Switzerland
Washington, D.C., USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Istruzione: University of Berlin
Sorbonne
University of Zurich
Attività lavorative: journalist
writer
Holocaust survivor
social activist
autobiographer
historian (mostra tutto 7)
peace campaigner
Relazioni: Jungk, Peter Stephan (son)
Weiss, Peter (# 1, friend)
Premi e riconoscimenti: Right Livelihood Award (1986)
Breve biografia: Robert Jungk, né Baum, was born to a Jewish family in Berlin, Germany. His parents were actors Elli Branden (Sara Bravo) and Max Jung (David Baum). Robert studied philosophy at the University of Berlin in 1932-1933. In February 1933, one day after the Reichstag fire, he was arrested by the Nazis. He was released shortly, but realizing that Germany was now too dangerous for him, he moved to Paris. There he studied psychology and sociology at the Sorbonne, and then went in 1938 to the University of Zurich, where he worked on a doctorate in philology. During World War II, Jungk wrote for the clandestine anti-Nazi press under various pseudonyms as well as for Swiss publications. In 1945, threatened with deportation back to Germany, Jungk fled with the help of friends to the USA. There he launched a career as a current affairs and science writer for American and European newspapers and book author. His first book, The Future Has Begun, was published in 1952 (he later described himself as a futurologist). His 1956 book Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists, was an international bestseller. In 1957, Jungk moved to Austria with his wife Ruth Suschitzky. He received the Right Livelihood Award in 1986 for "struggling indefatigably on behalf of peace, sane alternatives for the future and ecological awareness." In 1992, he ran unsuccessfully for president of Austria as the Green Party candidate.

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Children of the Ashes: The People of Hiroshima, the… di Robert Jungk

This book focuses on the bombing of Hiroshima and the aftermath and rebuiding of the city and all the social problems. It features quite a lot of personal accounts and is told through the stories of particular survivors as well as setting out the tangled political and economic problems that beset Hiroshima afterwards. As with all books about the atomic bombs dropped on Japan, it is a harrowing and saddening read.

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kitsune_reader | Nov 23, 2023 |

Und Wasser bricht den Stein. Streitbare Beiträge zu… di Robert Jungk

Das vorliegende Buch enthält knapp hundert Kolumnen, die Robert Jungk zwischen den Jahren 1972 und 1985 in der Zeitschrift »Bild der Wissenschaft« veröffentlicht hat. Die Beiträge wurden chronologisch geordnet und nach Themenschwerpunkten zusammengestellt. Ein Blick auf die Jahreszahl des Originals zeigt, dass die von Jungk behandelten Themen wie Frieden, Arbeitslosigkeit, Entwicklungspolitik, Rüstung u.a. heute nichts an Aktualität eingebüßt haben. Jungks Engagement für eine menschenfreundliche Zukunft zeigt sich in allen Beiträgen. Unermüdlich folgt der »Zukunftsforscher« seiner Aufgabe, als Kritiker und Warner auf negative Folgewirkungen in Bereichen humaner Lebensgestaltung hinzuweisen. Zugleich spricht der Autor immer wieder hoffnungsvolle Zukunftsperspektiven und gangbare Alternativen an, wie die hier zusammengestellten (und vom Verfasser neu kommentierten) Artikel eindrucksvoll beweisen. Ein humoristisch pointiertes, fachlich fundiertes Vorwort und die für eilige Leser konzipierte Hervorhebung der zentralen Thesen erleichtern den Zugang zur Person und den von faszinierender Vielseitigkeit geprägten Thesen Robert Jungks. (prozukunft)… (altro)

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Hoppetosse1 | Sep 11, 2023 |

Brighter than a Thousand Suns di Robert Jungk

An extremely fascinating read. Published over 60 years ago, it has the quality of feeling both like a historical document and a work written with time to contemplate the consequences of the atomic bomb. It is both riveting and sobering. The storytelling skill of the author kept me intellectually and emotionally involved from start to finish. I originally read it as an undergrad roughly thirty years ago. Back then, I was more awed by the lives of the young scientists but this time I was more struck by the hubris of scientists and government officials. The recent release of the film about Oppenheimer drew me back to this book. While I highly recommend the book, I would suggest both to myself and others to follow up this reading with some equally well written account published another twenty or more years later.… (altro)

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riskedom | 9 altre recensioni | Aug 15, 2023 |