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Eine Zukunft der Wissenschaftsgeschichte liegt in der Institution
Author(s) -
Malich Lisa
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
berichte zur wissenschaftsgeschichte
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1522-2365
pISSN - 0170-6233
DOI - 10.1002/bewi.201801923
Subject(s) - contextualization , bureaucracy , institution , politics , service (business) , history of science , sociology , power (physics) , field (mathematics) , political history , political science , humanities , history , social science , law , epistemology , philosophy , business , linguistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , interpretation (philosophy) , marketing
A Future of the History of Science Is in the Institution . In this article, I warn against a tendency seen in the history of science towards very particular and isolating microhistories. The call for contextualization should be more than mere lip service and taken seriously. I suggest that a stronger focus on the history of institutions could be one particularly productive way to contextualize knowledge. There are at least five benefits that an analysis of institutions might bring for the history of science: The history of scientific institutions offers the potential for (1) entangled histories that (2) include longer time periods and pay not only attention to (3) the dissemination of knowledge but also to (4) the field of law and the mechanisms of vocational bureaucracy. In this way, (5) questions of power and politics come into view.