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Science and Social Space: Transformations in the Institutions of Wissenschaft from the Wilhelmine Empire to the Weimar Republic

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Between the 1880s and the 1920s, the German system of scientific research, traditionally dominated by the universities, underwent rapid institutional change and functional differentiation. This paper analyses this development as a constitutive factor in Germany’s transition from a predominantly industrial to a primarily ‘knowledge-based’ society. This perspective broadens and deepens our understanding of the current debate concerning the social production of knowledge.

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  1. Historisches Seminar der Universität zu Köln, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, D- 50923, Köln, Germany

    Margit Szöllösi-Janze

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Szöllösi-Janze, M. Science and Social Space: Transformations in the Institutions of Wissenschaft from the Wilhelmine Empire to the Weimar Republic. Minerva 43, 339–360 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-005-2473-8

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