Auf der Frequenz der Zeit
Elektrotherapie als medizinische Selbsttechnik im 20. Jahrhundert
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21756773 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henrik Eßler (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Pages | 155-180 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | VIRUS - Beiträge zur Sozialgeschichte der Medizin (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1605-7066 |
| Publisher | Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Verlag (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1553/virus19s155 |
| OpenAlex | W3170810090 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Electrotherapeutic devices can be found in numerous medical and technical history collectionsand are still offered almost every month by private donors. These objects, which developedinto a social fashion article in the 1920s, open the view to a specific cultural-historical context.Against the background of a â crisis in medicineâ , alternative healing methods and technologiesof self-treatment had experienced an increasing demand during the Weimar Republic. Thesemedical machines can be described as profoundly ambivalent objects: promising self-empowermenton the one hand, incorporating the actually criticised â mechanization of medical treatmentâ on the other hand. Being symbols of the electrified urban society, the devices also becamelifestyle accessories of a bourgeois entertainment culture. This article is devoted to the contradictoryrole of electrical healing devices as part of a specific material culture and particularlydeals with different practices of appropriation
Aesthetics · Ambivalence · Appropriation · Art · Bourgeoisie · Entertainment · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Cybernetics and Technology in Society · History · Law · Libraries and Information Services · Medical History and Research · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |