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Von der Geomorphologie des Aargau zu den militärischen Pathologien Europas. Das Militär als Schnittpunkt anthropologischer Krisendiskurse, 1860-1900

Hartmann, Heinrich. (2015) Von der Geomorphologie des Aargau zu den militärischen Pathologien Europas. Das Militär als Schnittpunkt anthropologischer Krisendiskurse, 1860-1900. Gesnerus, 72 (2). pp. 269-288.

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Abstract

Military statistics and medical research were closely related over the 19th century. The army not only made use of these new forms of knowledge, but also provided an important institutional setting through the military medicine, which was of crucial importance to medical research in the 19th century. Besides that, Swiss military also played a crucial role in new geographical and geological research, resulting in a series of new mapping projects. This article looks on the ways, in which military context gained influence on scientific research practices in the second half of the 19th century, by analyzing the case of Heinrich Bircher's work on military recruiting statistics and the endemic goiter. New mapping projects and statistical practices were linked, transforming big parts of the country into pathological spaces. Coming from this point, the article discusses in how far the military context lead to politicizing medical discourses and, furthermore, linked them to discourses of an anthropological crisis, common in many European countries.
Faculties and Departments:04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Geschichte > Bereich Neuere und Neueste Geschichte > Neuere Allgemeine Geschichte (Lengwiler)
UniBasel Contributors:Hartmann, Heinrich
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Schwabe
ISSN:0016-9161
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Last Modified:18 Mar 2019 16:35
Deposited On:18 Mar 2019 16:35

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