Honecker's Vassal” or a Prehistorian in the Service of Science? The Evaluation of Former East German Scholarship and the Concept of the Scholar in the Debate on Joachim Herrmann in Reunified Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11307199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Kluger (0000-0002-9781-788X, University of Münster, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 391-413 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0170-6233 • E-ISSN: 1522-2365 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/bewi.202100009 |
| PMID | 34816445 |
| OpenAlex | W3215748646 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
The evaluation and transformation process of the GDR research system in the wake of German reunification 1989/90 was immediately accompanied not only by debates within the scientific community, but also by an extensive discussion about the value and future perspectives of East German scholarship and its protagonists in the nationally circulated press. In 1990, the focus turned temporarily to the prominent East German prehistorian Joachim Herrmann after his election to the board of an international historical association. The article uses the example of Herrmann and the public discussion about him as a case study to examine the status of, and changes in, the authority of scholarship and the scholar in the context of the evaluation and restructuring of the East German research landscape in the early 1990s. A selection of press articles from nationwide German newspapers and newsmagazines, as well as archival letters exchanged between different participants in the debate serve as prisms carving out the central arguments and subjacent structures of the discussion. Therefore, Herrmann's case exposes generic characteristics of (different concepts of) scientific authority and the close connection between its negotiation and the search for identity in the newly reunited German academic sphere
Context (archaeology · German · German studies · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Restructuring · Scholarship · Sociology · European history and politics · German History and Society · German Social Sciences and History · History · Law
Die Akademien der Wissenschaften in Zentraleuropa im Kalten Krieg
Presse in Deutschland
Archäologiegeschichte als Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Über Formen und Funktionen historischer Selbstvergewisserung in der Prähistorischen Archäologie
Honecker's Vassal” or a Prehistorian in the Service of Science? The Evaluation of Former East German Scholarship and the Concept of the Scholar in the Debate on Joachim Herrmann in Reunified Germany
Lebens‐Geschichte ‐ Wissenschafts‐Geschichte. Vom Nutzen der Biographie für Geschichtswissenschaft und Wissenschaftsgeschichte
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |