The hope and vision of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Preface . . IX
Acknowledgments . . XV

1. Introduction . . 1
   Biographical Sketch . . 1
   Recent Scholarship and the "Oppenheimer Challenge" . . 17
2. Oppenheimer's Hope and Vision 1957-1959 . . 23
   Background . . 23
   A Vital Center for Oppenheimer's Thought . . 25
   Philosophy and the Public Sphere . . 35
3. MacLeish, Oppenheimer, and "The Conquest of America" . . 41
   Background . . 41
   The Conquest of America . . 45
   Oppenheimer-MacLeish Exchange . . 50
   Oppenheimer's Reith Lectures . . 54
   MacLeish's Suspicion of Science . . 59
4. Rabi, Oppenheimer, and the Universal Culture of Science . . 65
   Background . . 65
   Oppenheimer's Response to Rabi . . 69
   Focusing Oppenheimer's Hope and Vision . . 71
   Rabi's Philosophical Views and Outlook . . 77
   MacLeish, Oppenheimer, and Rabi . . 85
5. International Control of Atomic Energy . . 89
   Acheson-Lilienthal Proposal . . 89
   Moral Ramifications . . 100
6. Complementarity in Atomic Physics . . 111
   Oppenheimer and Complementarity . . 111
   Bohr, Einstein, and Oppenheimer . . 120
7. Oppenheimer — Philosophical Exploration I . . 125
   Oppenheimer and Modernity . . 125
   Oppenheimer and Pragmatism . . 132 
8. Oppenheimer — Philosophical Exploration II . . 143
   Oppenheimer, Moral Dilemmas, and Moral Luck . . 143
   Oppenheimer and Narrative . . 154
9. Oppenheimer and International Relations . . 163
   Realism, Liberal Internationalism, and Constructivism . . 164
   David Mitrany and International Functionalism . . 174
   Oppenheimer and Epistemic Communities . . 182
10. Oppenheimer and the Nuclear Revolution . . 189
    Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty . . 190
    Nuclear Disarmament . . 199
    Nuclear One Worldism . . 208

Epilogue . . 215
Endnotes . . 229
Index . . 253