TY - JOUR
T1 - Neuverzauberung im Gestus der Wissenschaftlichkeit
T2 - Wissenspraktiken im 20. Jahrhundert am Beispiel menschlicher Diversität
AU - Lipphardt, Veronika
AU - Patel, Kiran Klaus
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Taking the example of research on biological diversity in the 20th century, this article analyzes the social practices that are entailed in the emergence, stabilization, and circulation of scientific knowledge. It stresses that scientific knowledge also depends on processes of recognition and that very often a special aura is constructed that goes beyond what can be substantiated on a sheet technical level. We refer to this as "there-enchantment of science". The field of biological diversity offers particularly telling cases to demonstrate this dimension of knowledge production. In conclusion, a history of science and knowledge should thus take broader cultural and social factors into account not only as contexts of knowledge production but also as constitutive factors.
AB - Taking the example of research on biological diversity in the 20th century, this article analyzes the social practices that are entailed in the emergence, stabilization, and circulation of scientific knowledge. It stresses that scientific knowledge also depends on processes of recognition and that very often a special aura is constructed that goes beyond what can be substantiated on a sheet technical level. We refer to this as "there-enchantment of science". The field of biological diversity offers particularly telling cases to demonstrate this dimension of knowledge production. In conclusion, a history of science and knowledge should thus take broader cultural and social factors into account not only as contexts of knowledge production but also as constitutive factors.
U2 - 10.13109/gege.2008.34.4.425
DO - 10.13109/gege.2008.34.4.425
M3 - Article
SN - 0340-613X
VL - 34
SP - 425
EP - 454
JO - Geschichte und Gesellschaft
JF - Geschichte und Gesellschaft
IS - 4
ER -