Public Arenas of the Humanities : The Circulation of Knowledge in the Postwar Period
(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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- author
- Östling, Johan LU ; Jansson, Anton LU and Svensson, Ragni LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022-08-01
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- 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
- 9789048555024
- 9789463728867
- 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
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 8f17ac13-dde6-4ea6-b7b0-7d563f9e237c
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- 2021-02-17 09:04:34
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