Franz Mauelshagen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1542663 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Franz Mauelshagen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Franz |
| FAMILY NAME | Mauelshagen |
| SIGNATURE | MAUELSHAGEN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Advanced Study |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2986-8474 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
(Natur-)Katastrophen definieren – definierende Katastrophen
Defining (natural) disasters - defining disasters. This chapter discusses critical elements in the definition of catastrophe/ disaster and their conceptual history with particular regard to the common distinction between „natural“ and „man-made“ disasters. I will argue that in the era of anthropogenic climate change this distinction is obviously flawed. However, it continues to contain the story of modernity in a nutshell. In the final part of th…
Das Antlitz des Leviathan
Wie weit reicht die Staatsmacht in der Krise? In den aktuellen Debatten wird das Notstandsregime von Maßnahmen gegen das Coronavirus (zu) oft mit autoritären Regierungsformen in Verbindung gebracht. Weitgehend vergessen scheint die lange Tradition der europäischen Seuchengeschichte, insbesondere im Umgang mit der Pest. Sie verlief nicht nur parallel zur Bildung moderner Staaten, sondern spielte auch eine zentrale Rolle in dem im Entstehen begriff…
Comentario
Zivilisatorischer Kollaps in der Geschichte und als Zukunftsszenario
Der Klimawandel war im 17. Jahrhundert ‐ in einer besonders intensiven Phase der Kleinen Eiszeit ‐ global in Katastrophen, Konflikte und staatliche Zusammenbrüche verwickelt. Lässt sich aus der historischen Perspektive der gesellschaftliche Kollaps vorhersagen, vorausgesetzt, man geht von einem Scheitern der Klimapolitik aus
Redefining historical climatology in the Anthropocene
Historical climatology is commonly defined as the study of past climates based on 'documentary evidence' before the establishment of modern networks of meteorological measurement, which excludes the last two centuries of recent global warming. This article reviews historical climatology with regard to the Anthropocene. In the Anthropocene the dynamics of climate change are essentially anthropogenic. The term 'sociosphere' will be advocated as a t…
Displacement, Migration, and Environmental Change. An Interview with Anthony Oliver-Smith
Sharing the Risk of Hail
This paper describes part of the early history of crop insurance in Switzerland as a process of adaptation to the hazard of hail. It argues that insurance is a means of socialising hazard through risk sharing and, therefore, that adaptation is an active process influenced by various decisions both within and outside the insurance market. These decisions are as much a part of the story as is the variability of hailstorms in Switzerland. A period o…
Kommentar
Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575)
Die "portenta et ostenta mines lieben Herren vnsers säligen …"
Cet article etudie les ecrits posthumes de Heinrich Bullinger (mort en 1575), un des acteurs de la Reforme, ecrits rassembles dans le 13eme livre de des documents rassembles par Johann Jakob Wick (1522-1588). Presentant des recits de prodiges, ces textes s'inscrivent, selon l'A., dans la communication politique d'une elite humaniste et reformee cultivee, qui a fini par etre recuperee par l'historiographie
Disasters and Pre-industrial Societies
Networks of Trust
This essay examines the practices of networking among the erudite in late medieval and carly modern Europe. The building up of trust among individuals was sought through the channel of friendship, the most important form of sociability among the learned. This came to be the basis for an all-encompassing form of scientific exchange that took place through the medium of personal correspondence. How did bonds of friendship come to be created? How we…
Disasters and Pre-industrial Societies
Redefining historical climatology in the Anthropocene
Historical climatology is commonly defined as the study of past climates based on 'documentary evidence' before the establishment of modern networks of meteorological measurement, which excludes the last two centuries of recent global warming. This article reviews historical climatology with regard to the Anthropocene. In the Anthropocene the dynamics of climate change are essentially anthropogenic. The term 'sociosphere' will be advocated as a t…
Sharing the Risk of Hail
This paper describes part of the early history of crop insurance in Switzerland as a process of adaptation to the hazard of hail. It argues that insurance is a means of socialising hazard through risk sharing and, therefore, that adaptation is an active process influenced by various decisions both within and outside the insurance market. These decisions are as much a part of the story as is the variability of hailstorms in Switzerland. A period o…
Comentario
Networks of Trust
This essay examines the practices of networking among the erudite in late medieval and carly modern Europe. The building up of trust among individuals was sought through the channel of friendship, the most important form of sociability among the learned. This came to be the basis for an all-encompassing form of scientific exchange that took place through the medium of personal correspondence. How did bonds of friendship come to be created? How we…
Disasters and Pre-industrial Societies
Kommentar
Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575)
Die "portenta et ostenta mines lieben Herren vnsers säligen …"
Cet article etudie les ecrits posthumes de Heinrich Bullinger (mort en 1575), un des acteurs de la Reforme, ecrits rassembles dans le 13eme livre de des documents rassembles par Johann Jakob Wick (1522-1588). Presentant des recits de prodiges, ces textes s'inscrivent, selon l'A., dans la communication politique d'une elite humaniste et reformee cultivee, qui a fini par etre recuperee par l'historiographie
Sharing the Risk of Hail
This paper describes part of the early history of crop insurance in Switzerland as a process of adaptation to the hazard of hail. It argues that insurance is a means of socialising hazard through risk sharing and, therefore, that adaptation is an active process influenced by various decisions both within and outside the insurance market. These decisions are as much a part of the story as is the variability of hailstorms in Switzerland. A period o…
Displacement, Migration, and Environmental Change. An Interview with Anthony Oliver-Smith
Redefining historical climatology in the Anthropocene
Historical climatology is commonly defined as the study of past climates based on 'documentary evidence' before the establishment of modern networks of meteorological measurement, which excludes the last two centuries of recent global warming. This article reviews historical climatology with regard to the Anthropocene. In the Anthropocene the dynamics of climate change are essentially anthropogenic. The term 'sociosphere' will be advocated as a t…
Zivilisatorischer Kollaps in der Geschichte und als Zukunftsszenario
Der Klimawandel war im 17. Jahrhundert ‐ in einer besonders intensiven Phase der Kleinen Eiszeit ‐ global in Katastrophen, Konflikte und staatliche Zusammenbrüche verwickelt. Lässt sich aus der historischen Perspektive der gesellschaftliche Kollaps vorhersagen, vorausgesetzt, man geht von einem Scheitern der Klimapolitik aus
Comentario
Das Antlitz des Leviathan
Wie weit reicht die Staatsmacht in der Krise? In den aktuellen Debatten wird das Notstandsregime von Maßnahmen gegen das Coronavirus (zu) oft mit autoritären Regierungsformen in Verbindung gebracht. Weitgehend vergessen scheint die lange Tradition der europäischen Seuchengeschichte, insbesondere im Umgang mit der Pest. Sie verlief nicht nur parallel zur Bildung moderner Staaten, sondern spielte auch eine zentrale Rolle in dem im Entstehen begriff…
(Natur-)Katastrophen definieren – definierende Katastrophen
Defining (natural) disasters - defining disasters. This chapter discusses critical elements in the definition of catastrophe/ disaster and their conceptual history with particular regard to the common distinction between „natural“ and „man-made“ disasters. I will argue that in the era of anthropogenic climate change this distinction is obviously flawed. However, it continues to contain the story of modernity in a nutshell. In the final part of th…
Philosophy (5 works) · Humanities (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (2 works)