Ett brännglas för tidens strålar : striden om Torgny Segerstedts docentur 1903
(2001)- Abstract
- On 1st September 1903, the Faculty of Theology at the University of Lund took the decision to appoint Torgny Segerstedt as a senior lecturer in spite of his failed doctoral dissertation. The public defence of his thesis had taken place on 28th May in the same year before the Faculty of Theology at Uppsala. It was thus after his failure that the Faculty at Lund nevertheless decided to invite him to take up a lectureship. Segerstedt was appointed as lecturer at Lund on 29th December 1903. There were opposing views on his thesis, both between and within the two Faculties of Theology. This work provides an analysis of that situation. The background in the history of ideas shows the emerging autonomy in the academic world at this time. A new... (More)
- On 1st September 1903, the Faculty of Theology at the University of Lund took the decision to appoint Torgny Segerstedt as a senior lecturer in spite of his failed doctoral dissertation. The public defence of his thesis had taken place on 28th May in the same year before the Faculty of Theology at Uppsala. It was thus after his failure that the Faculty at Lund nevertheless decided to invite him to take up a lectureship. Segerstedt was appointed as lecturer at Lund on 29th December 1903. There were opposing views on his thesis, both between and within the two Faculties of Theology. This work provides an analysis of that situation. The background in the history of ideas shows the emerging autonomy in the academic world at this time. A new discipline, the history of religion, was emerging, focusing primarily on religions other than Christianity. The representatives of modern theology in Sweden that are discussed in this work claimed that the subject of history of religion ought to belong to the Faculty of Theology. Elsewhere this discipline had been allocated to the Faulty of Philosophy or to that of the Humanities. This thesis illuminates the views of modern theology, including the demands for freedom for academic research. The spirit of the times is highlighted through discussion of issues such as contemporary religious debate, the shortage of priests and the defensive stance of the church. Through the use of contemporary manuscripts, the curriculum followed by Torgny Segerstedt, the environment of his studies and his preparations for the public defence of his thesis are described. Segerstedt was the first student to submit a doctoral thesis in the subject of history of religion in Sweden. A central feature of this work is Segerstedt’s doctoral dissertation, and the discussions held by the examiners as well as the discussions that led to his appointment to the lectureship at Lund. This process is presented on the basis of contemporary manuscripts as well as drafts from the official opponent and letters and minutes from the Faculties at Uppsala and Lund and also from the Major Consistorium at the University of Lund. Reactions in the press have also been taken into account. The conflict surrounding Segerstedt’s lectureship is considered as expressions of current opposing views at that time. This conflict became the burning glass for the rays of the time. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Popular Abstract in Swedish
Torgny Segerstedt, den kände chefredaktören för Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning, hade utkämpat strider före nazismens tid. Som ung kallades han till docent till Lund på en underkänd avhandling. Disputationen hade ägt rum i maj 1903 vid den teologiska fakulteten i Uppsala. Efter underkännandet beslöt alltså den teologiska fakulteten i Lund att kalla Segerstedt till en docentur som inte fanns. Kallelseförslaget gick igenom och de ekonomiska förutsättningarna infriades. Segerstedt utsågs till docent i december 1903. När detta hände stod uppfattning mot uppfattning. Händelseförloppet beskrivs och analyseras. En idéhistorisk bakgrund visar tendenser i tiden, som belyser denna konflikt.
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- author
- Stohlander Axelsson, Eva LU
- supervisor
- opponent
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- TD Blückert, Kjell, Stockholm
- organization
- alternative title
- A Burning Glass for the Rays of the Time : The Conflict surrounding the 1903 Appointment of Torgny Segerstedt as a Lecturer at the University of Lund
- publishing date
- 2001
- type
- Thesis
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Modern historia (ca. 1800-1914), Contemporary history (circa 1800 to 1914), Theology, Teologi, History of philosophy, history of ideas, Filosofins historia, idéhistoria
- pages
- 368 pages
- publisher
- Arken
- defense location
- Carolinasalen, Kungshuset, Lundagård, Lund
- defense date
- 2001-12-08 14:15:00
- ISBN
- 91-88553-08-6
- language
- Swedish
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 9b3560b1-9aeb-418c-82cd-980140e54590 (old id 20143)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-01 15:44:24
- date last changed
- 2018-11-21 20:36:04
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abstract = {{On 1st September 1903, the Faculty of Theology at the University of Lund took the decision to appoint Torgny Segerstedt as a senior lecturer in spite of his failed doctoral dissertation. The public defence of his thesis had taken place on 28th May in the same year before the Faculty of Theology at Uppsala. It was thus after his failure that the Faculty at Lund nevertheless decided to invite him to take up a lectureship. Segerstedt was appointed as lecturer at Lund on 29th December 1903. There were opposing views on his thesis, both between and within the two Faculties of Theology. This work provides an analysis of that situation. The background in the history of ideas shows the emerging autonomy in the academic world at this time. A new discipline, the history of religion, was emerging, focusing primarily on religions other than Christianity. The representatives of modern theology in Sweden that are discussed in this work claimed that the subject of history of religion ought to belong to the Faculty of Theology. Elsewhere this discipline had been allocated to the Faulty of Philosophy or to that of the Humanities. This thesis illuminates the views of modern theology, including the demands for freedom for academic research. The spirit of the times is highlighted through discussion of issues such as contemporary religious debate, the shortage of priests and the defensive stance of the church. Through the use of contemporary manuscripts, the curriculum followed by Torgny Segerstedt, the environment of his studies and his preparations for the public defence of his thesis are described. Segerstedt was the first student to submit a doctoral thesis in the subject of history of religion in Sweden. A central feature of this work is Segerstedt’s doctoral dissertation, and the discussions held by the examiners as well as the discussions that led to his appointment to the lectureship at Lund. This process is presented on the basis of contemporary manuscripts as well as drafts from the official opponent and letters and minutes from the Faculties at Uppsala and Lund and also from the Major Consistorium at the University of Lund. Reactions in the press have also been taken into account. The conflict surrounding Segerstedt’s lectureship is considered as expressions of current opposing views at that time. This conflict became the burning glass for the rays of the time.}},
author = {{Stohlander Axelsson, Eva}},
isbn = {{91-88553-08-6}},
keywords = {{Modern historia (ca. 1800-1914); Contemporary history (circa 1800 to 1914); Theology; Teologi; History of philosophy; history of ideas; Filosofins historia; idéhistoria}},
language = {{swe}},
publisher = {{Arken}},
school = {{Lund University}},
title = {{Ett brännglas för tidens strålar : striden om Torgny Segerstedts docentur 1903}},
year = {{2001}},
}