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Public Arenas of the Humanities : The Circulation of Knowledge in the Postwar Period

Östling, Johan LU orcid ; Jansson, Anton LU and Svensson, Ragni LU (2022) In Studies in the History of Knowledge p.155-178
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate how a new history of the
postwar humanities could be written. Drawing on approaches from the
history of knowledge, it outlines the conditions of the circulation of
knowledge in the public sphere during the 1960s and 1970s. By introducing
“public arena of knowledge” as an analytical concept, the authors highlight
certain media platforms where circulation of knowledge occurred. As their
empirical examples, they focus on paperback series and the Christian
public sphere. All in all, the chapter underlines the importance of the
humanities for a wider circulation of knowledge and thereby challenges
a crisis narrative of the humanities of the postwar period that is... (More)
The purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate how a new history of the
postwar humanities could be written. Drawing on approaches from the
history of knowledge, it outlines the conditions of the circulation of
knowledge in the public sphere during the 1960s and 1970s. By introducing
“public arena of knowledge” as an analytical concept, the authors highlight
certain media platforms where circulation of knowledge occurred. As their
empirical examples, they focus on paperback series and the Christian
public sphere. All in all, the chapter underlines the importance of the
humanities for a wider circulation of knowledge and thereby challenges
a crisis narrative of the humanities of the postwar period that is prevalent
in established historiography. (Less)
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history of the humanities, history of knowledge, circulation of knowledge, arenas of knowledge, public sphere, Sweden
host publication
The Humanities and the Modern Politics of Knowledge : The Impact and Organization of the Humanities in Sweden, 1800–2020 - The Impact and Organization of the Humanities in Sweden, 1800–2020
series title
Studies in the History of Knowledge
editor
Ekström, Anders and Östh Gustafsson, Hampus
pages
24 pages
publisher
Amsterdam University Press
ISBN
9789463728867
9789048555024
DOI
10.2307/j.ctv2svjznh.9
project
Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge
Humanities in motion: Circulation of knowledge in postwar Sweden and West Germany
Knowledge in Motion: Societal Circulation of Knowledge in Postwar Sweden and Germany
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English
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