The practical imagination : the German sciences of state in the nineteenth century / David F. Lindenfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lindenfeld, David F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Germany--History--19th century.

Social sciences.

Public administration--Germany--History--19th century.

Public administration.

Policy sciences--History--19th century.

Policy sciences.

Germany--Intellectual life--19th century.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on the work of Foucault and Bourdieu, David Lindenfeld illuminates the practical imagination as it was exhibited in the transformation of the political and social sciences during the changing conditions of nineteenth-century Germany. Using a wealth of information from state and university archives, private correspondence, and a survey of lecture offerings in German universities, Lindenfeld examines the original group of learned disciplines which originated in eighteenth-century Germany as a curriculum to train state officials in the administration and reform of society and which included economics, statistics, politics, public administration, finance, and state law, as well as agriculture, forestry, and mining. He explores the ways in which some systems of knowledge became extinct, and how new ones came into existence, while other migrated to different subject areas. Lindenfeld argues that these sciences of state developed a technique of deliberation on practical issues such as tax policy and welfare, that serves as a model for contemporary administrations.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: A Theoretical Framework

1. The Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Background: Classification

2. The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era, 1789-1815: Assimilation

3. The Sciences of State at Their Height, 1815-1840: Deliberation

4. A Period of Transition, 1840-1866: Variation

5. A Truncated Revival, 1866-1890: Organized Research and Charisma

6. The Wilhelminian Era, 1890-1914: Specialization and Clarification

Epilogue

Appendix: The Data from University Catalogues

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-370) and index.

ISBN:

9786611430702

9780226482446

0226482448

9781281430700

1281430706

OCLC:

476229698