Anna Petschner
List of John Benjamins publications for which Anna Petschner plays a role.
Articles
2020 Chapter 2. The Paks Pact: Topoi in Hungarian nuclear energy discourse Controversies and Interdisciplinarity: Beyond disciplinary fragmentation for a new knowledge model, Allwood, Jens, Olga Pombo, Clara Renna and Giovanni Scarafile (eds.), pp. 29–52 | Chapter
Hungary’s only nuclear power plant in Paks can operate until the 2030s which prompted a discussion about an expansion. The first section of this paper identifies the eight most common topoi of the expansion: economy, finance, energy supply, safety, environment, legality, ethics and relationship… read more
2018 Chapter 5. Decisions without scientists? Two case studies about GM plants and invasive acacia in Hungary Science and Democracy: Controversies and conflicts, Barrotta, Pierluigi and Giovanni Scarafile (eds.), pp. 87–108 | Chapter
In my paper I will present two case studies showing that politics partly disregard the scientific standpoint in decision processes. I will examine the reputation of the research on genetically modified (GM) plants and their experts in Hungary as well as the status of invasive acacia, observing the… read more