Nature as a political question: Alexander von Humboldt and power networks

IF 0.4 Q3 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Bernat Lladó i Mas
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The life and work of the Prussian geographer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt continues to fascinate, even today. This is partly because his figure concentrates and synthesises the movements, ideas, and even the great contradictions of the time of profound change that was nineteenthcentury Europe. One of these great contradictions is the relationship between science and power. While on the one hand science was demanding its autonomy and universal value, its purity», and objectivity more than ever before, on the other, the field was often entangled in questions of political and economic power. In an era in which European countries were intensifying their race for world control, information and knowledge about nature gave them a vanguard position when it came to managing this control. Here, we situate Alexander von Humboldt’s innovative geographical work in this context.
自然作为一个政治问题:亚历山大·冯·洪堡和电力网络
即使在今天,普鲁士地理学家和博物学家亚历山大·冯·洪堡的生活和工作仍然令人着迷。这部分是因为他的形象集中并综合了19世纪欧洲深刻变革时期的运动、思想,甚至是巨大的矛盾。其中一个巨大的矛盾就是科学和权力之间的关系。一方面,科学比以往任何时候都更要求它的自主性和普遍价值,它的纯洁性和客观性,另一方面,这一领域经常与政治和经济权力的问题纠缠在一起。在一个欧洲国家加紧争夺世界控制权的时代,有关自然的信息和知识使他们在管理这种控制权方面处于领先地位。在这里,我们将亚历山大·冯·洪堡的创新地理工作置于这种背景下。
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Metode Science Studies Journal
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