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| Originalsprache | Englisch |
|---|---|
| Seiten (von - bis) | 27-38 |
| Seitenumfang | 12 |
| Fachzeitschrift | History of Humanities |
| Jahrgang | 3 |
| Ausgabenummer | 1 |
| Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 1 März 2018 |
| Extern publiziert | Ja |
Abstract
This contribution applies the sociological boundary work approach to debates in the late nineteenth century to analyze how the Geisteswissenschaften emerged as one component of the two cultures. Boundary work is scattered in programmatic manifestos, lectures, and speeches, and it can be found in historicism, philosophy, and not least in the natural sciences. Revealing how local boundary work brings about the Geisteswissenschaften as a stable and robust social entity, this essay tracks symbolic boundaries between the two cultures. The German case deviates from the usual two cultures narrative: Although a distinction between the two cultures is just as momentous, the boundary between them does not distinguish a literary from a scientific culture, but two scientific cultures. The analysis contributes to a historical sociology of the social sciences and humanities by highlighting the temporality, the situatedness and the relational character of boundary work.
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- Geisteswissenschaftliche Fächer (insg.)
- Allgemeine Kunst und Geisteswissenschaften
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in: History of Humanities, Jahrgang 3, Nr. 1, 01.03.2018, S. 27-38.
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