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The book investigates the rather neglected "intellectual"
collaboration between National Socialist Germany and other
countries, including views on knowledge and politics among
"pro-German" intellectuals, using a comparative approach. These
moves were shaped by the Nazi system, which viewed scientific and
cultural exchange as part and parcel of their cultural propaganda
and policy. Positive views of the Hitler regime among intellectuals
of all sorts were indicative of a broader discontent with democracy
that, among other things, represented an alternative approach to
modernization which was not limited to the German heartlands. This
book draws together international experts in an analysis of
right-wing Europe under Hitler; a study which has gained new
resonance amidst the wave of European nationalism in the
twenty-first century.
Whether in science or in international politics, neutrality has
sometimes been promoted, not only as a viable political alternative
but as a lofty ideal - in politics by nations proclaiming their
peacefulness, in science as an underpinning of epistemology, in
journalism and other intellectual pursuits as a foundation of a
professional ethos. Time and again scientists and other
intellectuals have claimed their endeavors to be neutral, elevated
above the world of partisan conflict and power politics. This
volume studies the resonances between neutrality in science and
culture and neutrality in politics. By analyzing the activities of
scientists, intellectuals, and politicians (sometimes overlapping
categories) of mostly neutral nations in the First World War and
after, it traces how an ideology of neutralism was developed that
soon was embraced by international organizations. This book
explores how the notion of neutrality has been used and how a
neutralist discourse developed in history. None of the
contributions take claims of neutrality at face value - some even
show how they were made to advance partisan interests. The concept
was typically clustered with notions, such as peace,
internationalism, objectivity, rationality, and civilization. But
its meaning was changeable - varying with professional,
ideological, or national context. As such, Neutrality in
Twentieth-Century Europe presents a different perspective on the
century than the story of the great belligerent powers, and one in
which science, culture, and politics are inextricably mixed.
Whether in science or in international politics, neutrality has
sometimes been promoted, not only as a viable political alternative
but as a lofty ideal -- in politics by nations proclaiming their
peacefulness, in science as an underpinning of epistemology, in
journalism and other intellectual pursuits as a foundation of a
professional ethos. Time and again scientists and other
intellectuals have claimed their endeavors to be neutral, elevated
above the world of partisan conflict and power politics. This
volume studies the resonances between neutrality in science and
culture and neutrality in politics. By analyzing the activities of
scientists, intellectuals, and politicians (sometimes overlapping
categories) of mostly neutral nations in the First World War and
after, it traces how an ideology of neutralism was developed that
soon was embraced by international organizations. This book
explores how the notion of neutrality has been used and how a
neutralist discourse developed in history. None of the
contributions take claims of neutrality at face value -- some even
show how they were made to advance partisan interests. The concept
was typically clustered with notions, such as peace,
internationalism, objectivity, rationality, and civilization. But
its meaning was changeable -- varying with professional,
ideological, or national context. As such, Neutrality in
Twentieth-Century Europe presents a different perspective on the
century than the story of the great belligerent powers, and one in
which science, culture, and politics are inextricably mixed.
Communicating the History of Medicine critically assesses the idea
of audience and communication in medical history. This collection
offers a range of case studies on academic outreach from historical
and current perspectives. It questions the kind of linear thinking
often found in policy or research assessment, instead offering a
more nuanced picture of both the promises and pitfalls of engaging
audiences for research in the humanities. For whom do academic
researchers in the humanities write? For academics and, indirectly,
at least for students, but there are hopes that work reaches
broader audiences and that it will have an impact on policy or
among professional experts outside of the humanities. Today impact
is more and more discussed in the context of research assessment.
Seen from a media theoretical perspective, impact may however be
described as a case of 'audiencing' and the creation of audiences
by means of media technologies. -- .
The book investigates the rather neglected "intellectual"
collaboration between National Socialist Germany and other
countries, including views on knowledge and politics among
"pro-German" intellectuals, using a comparative approach. These
moves were shaped by the Nazi system, which viewed scientific and
cultural exchange as part and parcel of their cultural propaganda
and policy. Positive views of the Hitler regime among intellectuals
of all sorts were indicative of a broader discontent with democracy
that, among other things, represented an alternative approach to
modernization which was not limited to the German heartlands. This
book draws together international experts in an analysis of
right-wing Europe under Hitler; a study which has gained new
resonance amidst the wave of European nationalism in the
twenty-first century.
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