Abhor, imagine, abolish.

Abstract

Editor's Note. Continue the conversation by submitting your comments and questions about this article/book review to PeacePsychology.org/ peaceconflict. (The Editor of PeacePsychology.org reserves the right to exclude material that fails to contribute to constructive discussion.) ALAN COTTEY is a senior fellow at the University of East Anglia. He has been concerned continuously about nuclear weapons, first as disempowered teenager, later as citizen, physicist, teacher, researcher, and activist. Special stages in this awakening were engagement with the United Kingdom organization Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (now Scientists for Global Responsibility), teaching first degree level nuclear physics "as if nuclear weapons existed," and researching nuclear physics pedagogy. In the course of this long engagement, he has studied many aspects of the nuclear age, including the linguistic and psychological dimensions.