Nuclear anxiety
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| + | '''Nuclear anxiety''' refers to [[anxiety]] in the face of a potential future [[nuclear holocaust]], especially during the [[Cold War]]. American anthropologist [[Margaret Mead]] viewed such anxiety in the 1960s as a violent [[survivalism|survivalist]] impulse that should instead be channeled toward a recognition of the need for peace. American psychologist [[Michael D. Newcomb]] and others defined "nuclear anxiety" in the 1980s post-[[détente]] period, Newcomb developing a [[psychometrics|psychometric]] to evaluate it with the Nuclear Attitudes Questionnaire (NAQ) in 1986, although mental effects had been at issue since the start of the [[Atomic Age]]. It was particularly examined as an issue in [[child and adolescent psychiatry]]. | ||
| - | '''Nuclear holocaust''' refers to a possible nearly complete annihilation of human [[civilization]] by [[nuclear warfare]]. Under such a scenario, all or most of the Earth is made uninhabitable by [[nuclear weapon]]s in [[World War III|future world wars]]. | ||
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| - | Nuclear physicists and others have speculated that nuclear holocaust could result in an end to human life, or at least to modern civilization on Earth due to the immediate effects of [[nuclear fallout]], the loss of much modern technology due to [[electromagnetic pulse]]s, or [[nuclear winter]] and resulting [[extinction]]s. Since 1947, the [[Doomsday Clock]] of the [[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]] visualizes how far the world is from a nuclear holocaust. | ||
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| - | The threat of a nuclear holocaust plays an important role in the [[Nuclear weapons in popular culture|popular perception of nuclear weapons]]. It features in the security concept of [[Mutual assured destruction|mutually assured destruction (MAD)]] and is a common scenario in [[survivalism]]. Nuclear holocaust is a [[List of nuclear holocaust fiction|common feature in literature]], especially in [[speculative fiction|speculative genres]] such as [[science fiction]], [[Dystopia|dystopian]] and [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic fiction]]. | ||
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| - | * [[Cold War II]] | + | *[[Eco-anxiety]] |
| - | * [[Environmental impact of war]] | + | *[[Ecological grief]] |
| - | * [[Global catastrophic risk]] | + | *[[Psychic numbing]] |
| - | * [[List of nuclear holocaust fiction]] | + | |
| - | * [[Nuclear terrorism]] | + | |
| - | * [[World War III]] | + | |
| - | * [[Nuclear anxiety]] | + | |
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Nuclear anxiety refers to anxiety in the face of a potential future nuclear holocaust, especially during the Cold War. American anthropologist Margaret Mead viewed such anxiety in the 1960s as a violent survivalist impulse that should instead be channeled toward a recognition of the need for peace. American psychologist Michael D. Newcomb and others defined "nuclear anxiety" in the 1980s post-détente period, Newcomb developing a psychometric to evaluate it with the Nuclear Attitudes Questionnaire (NAQ) in 1986, although mental effects had been at issue since the start of the Atomic Age. It was particularly examined as an issue in child and adolescent psychiatry.
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