Boundary Work between Two Cultures
Demarcating the Modern Geisteswissenschaften
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7214844 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julian Hamann (0000-0002-3196-908X, University of Bonn, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-38 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Humanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2379-3163 • E-ISSN: 2379-3171 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/696300 |
| OpenAlex | W2795173566 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 4 |
This contribution applies the sociological boundary work approach to debates in the late nineteenth century to analyze how the Geisteswissenschaften emerged as one component of the two cultures. Boundary work is scattered in programmatic manifestos, lectures, and speeches, and it can be found in historicism, philosophy, and not least in the natural sciences. Revealing how local boundary work brings about the Geisteswissenschaften as a stable and robust social entity, this essay tracks symbolic boundaries between the two cultures. The German case deviates from the usual two cultures narrative: Although a distinction between the two cultures is just as momentous, the boundary between them does not distinguish a literary from a scientific culture, but two scientific cultures. The analysis contributes to a historical sociology of the social sciences and humanities by highlighting the temporality, the situatedness and the relational character of boundary work
Boundary (topology · Boundary-work · Epistemology · Historicism · Linguistics · Narrative · Social science · Sociology · Temporality · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History · Social and Cultural Dynamics
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |