The Politics of Medical Translations and its Impact upon Medical Knowledge in the Habsburg Monarchy 1770–1830
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11083160 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teodora Daniela Sechel (Karl Franzens UniversitätCentral European University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 296-318 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | East Central Europe (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-3037 • E-ISSN: 1876-3308 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18763308-04003005 |
| OpenAlex | W2067925713 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article analyses the politics of medical translation and shows the complexity of knowledge production and circulation in the intercultural and multiethnic contexts of the Habsburg Monarchy. It argues that medical translations, including books, manuals, and brochures, were one of the important tools that contributed to the standardization of medical knowledge and practices in this region. Most of these books were authored by physicians and professors at medical schools in Vienna. They had a great influence upon medical knowledge and practices, thus Vienna was the authority approving what was taught and published. The usage of the same manuals and books implies that more or less the same medical knowledge was shared by the medical practitioners in the Habsburg Monarchy. The medical theories and practices transmitted reflect also the games of influence and power exercised by protomedici and professors at the Vienna University. It was a process of authorization and dissemination of knowledge from the “center” to the provinces
Cultural knowledge · Medical education · Medical knowledge · Monarchy · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Standardization · Historical and Literary Studies · History of Science and Natural History · Law · Medicine
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Making Knowledge
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |