The Social Politics of Karl Escherich's 1933 Inaugural Presidential Lecture.

IF 0.7 1区哲学 Q4 BIOLOGY

Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-06-19 DOI:10.1007/s10739-023-09702-2

Geoffrey Winthrop-Young

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Abstract

The essay offers a close reading of the inaugural address Termite Craze by the entomologist Karl Escherich, the first German university president to be appointed by the Nazis. Faced with a divided audience and under pressure to politically align the university, Escherich, a former member of the NSDAP, discusses how and to what extent the new regime can recreate the egalitarian perfection and sacrificial predisposition of a termite colony. The paper pays particular attention to the ways in which Escherich tries to appease the various factions in his audience (faculty, students and the Nazi party); in doing so, it also discusses how Escherich depicts his address in the altered versions of his later memoirs.

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卡尔-埃舍利 1933 年就职总统演讲的社会政治学。

这篇文章对昆虫学家卡尔-埃舍里希（Karl Escherich）的就职演说《白蚁狂潮》（Termite Craze）进行了细读，他是纳粹任命的第一位德国大学校长。埃舍里希曾是纳粹党党员，面对意见分歧的听众和在政治上调整大学的压力，他讨论了新政权如何以及在多大程度上能够重现白蚁群的平等主义完美性和牺牲倾向。本文特别关注了埃舍里希试图安抚听众（教师、学生和纳粹党）中不同派别的方式；在此过程中，本文还讨论了埃舍里希在其后来回忆录的修改版本中如何描绘他的演讲。

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Journal of the History of Biology 生物-科学史与科学哲学

CiteScore

1.40

自引率

12.50%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of the History of Biology is devoted to the history of the life sciences, with additional interest and concern in philosophical and social issues confronting biology in its varying historical contexts. While all historical epochs are welcome, particular attention has been paid in recent years to developments during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. JHB is a recognized forum for scholarship on Darwin, but pieces that connect Darwinism with broader social and intellectual issues in the life sciences are especially encouraged. The journal serves both the working biologist who needs a full understanding of the historical and philosophical bases of the field and the historian of biology interested in following developments and making historiographical connections with the history of science.