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Histories of Knowledge in Postwar Scandinavia uses case studies to
explore how knowledge circulated in the different public arenas
that shaped politics, economics and cultural life in and across
postwar Scandinavia, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s. This book
focuses on a period when the term "knowledge society" was coined
and rapidly found traction. In Scandinavia, society's relationship
to rational forms of knowledge became vital to the
self-understanding and political ambitions of the era. Taking
advantage of contemporary discussions about the circulation,
arenas, forms, applications and actors of knowledge, contributors
examine various forms of knowledge - economic, environmental,
humanistic, religious, political, and sexual - that provide insight
into the making and functioning of postwar Scandinavian societies
and offer innovative studies that contribute to the development of
the history of knowledge at large. The concentration on knowledge
rather than the welfare state, the Cold War or the new social and
political movements, which to date have attracted the lion's share
of scholarly attention, ensures the book makes a historiographical
intervention in postwar Scandinavian historiography. Offering a
stimulating point of departure for those interested in the history
of knowledge and the circulation of knowledge, this is a vital
resource for students and scholars of postwar Scandinavia that
provides fresh perspectives and new methodologies for exploration.
Histories of Knowledge in Postwar Scandinavia uses case studies to
explore how knowledge circulated in the different public arenas
that shaped politics, economics and cultural life in and across
postwar Scandinavia, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s. This book
focuses on a period when the term "knowledge society" was coined
and rapidly found traction. In Scandinavia, society's relationship
to rational forms of knowledge became vital to the
self-understanding and political ambitions of the era. Taking
advantage of contemporary discussions about the circulation,
arenas, forms, applications and actors of knowledge, contributors
examine various forms of knowledge - economic, environmental,
humanistic, religious, political, and sexual - that provide insight
into the making and functioning of postwar Scandinavian societies
and offer innovative studies that contribute to the development of
the history of knowledge at large. The concentration on knowledge
rather than the welfare state, the Cold War or the new social and
political movements, which to date have attracted the lion's share
of scholarly attention, ensures the book makes a historiographical
intervention in postwar Scandinavian historiography. Offering a
stimulating point of departure for those interested in the history
of knowledge and the circulation of knowledge, this is a vital
resource for students and scholars of postwar Scandinavia that
provides fresh perspectives and new methodologies for exploration.
With concepts of participation discussed in multiple disciplines
from media studies to anthropology, from political sciences to
sociology, the first issue of the new yearbook History of
Intellectual Culture (HIC) dedicates a thematic section to the way
knowledge can and arguably must be conceptualized as
"participatory". Introducing and exploring "participatory
knowledge", the volume aims to draw attention to the potential of
looking at knowledge formation and circulation through a new lens
and to open a dialogue about how and what concepts and theories of
participation can contribute to the history of knowledge. By asking
who gets to participate in defining what counts as knowledge and in
deciding whose knowledge is circulated, modes of participation
enter into the examination of knowledge on various levels and
within multiple cultural contexts. The articles in this volume
attest to the great variety of approaches, contexts, and
interpretations of "participatory knowledge", from the sociological
projects of the Frankfurt School to the Uppsala-based Institute for
Race Biology, from the Argentinian National Folklore Survey to
current hashtag activism and Covid-19-archive projects. HIC sees
knowledge as rooted in social and political structures, determined
by modes of transfer and produced in collaborative processes. The
notion of "participatory knowledge" highlights in a compelling way
how knowledge is rooted in cultural practices and social
configurations.
As a nominally neutral power during the Second World War, Sweden in
the early postwar era has received comparatively little attention
from historians. Nonetheless, as this definitive study shows, the
war-and particularly the specter of Nazism-changed Swedish society
profoundly. Prior to 1939, many Swedes shared an unmistakable
affinity for German culture, and even after the outbreak of
hostilities there remained prominent apologists for the Third
Reich. After the Allied victory, however, Swedish intellectuals
reframed Nazism as a discredited, distinctively German phenomenon
rooted in militarism and Romanticism. Accordingly, Swedes'
self-conception underwent a dramatic reformulation. From this
interplay of suppressed traditions and bright dreams for the
future, postwar Sweden emerged.
This book is about the idea of the university in modern Germany.
Its primary focus is how the Humboldtian tradition was transformed
and how it gave direction to debates around higher education. By
combining approaches from intellectual history, conceptual history
and the history of knowledge, the study investigates the ways in
which Humboldt's ideas have been appropriated for various purposes
in different historical contexts and epochs. Ultimately, it shows
that Humboldt's ideals are not timeless - they are historical
phenomena and have always been determined by the predicaments and
issues of the day. Nevertheless, many of the key concepts and
fundamental ideas have endured throughout the twentieth century,
though they have been interpreted in different ways. An electronic
version of this book is available under a creative commons licence:
manchesteropenhive.com/view/9789198376814/9789198376814.xml -- .
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