Oswald Menghin: Science and Politics in the Age of Extremes

Robert Obermair

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2024

Oswald Menghin

Science and Politics in the Age of Extremes

Robert Obermair

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111057309

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About this book

The fundamental idea of this book is to show – based on the example of Oswald Menghin, Minister of Education of the National Socialist Austrian “Anschluss”-government, and the networks surrounding him – how science and politics were interwoven in Austria in the first half of the 20^th century and how the ideas and networks created in that milieu outlasted the alleged caesurae of this period and found continuation in post-war South America. As Menghin traversed an astonishing number of political upheavals and changes – time after time in exalted positions –, his biography may be considered as paradigmatic for the Age of Extremes.

The following aspects form the core interest of this book: (1) Menghin’s position in the political and scientific field, as well as the interconnection between these spheres. (2) The transnational entanglement between the two central areas of Menghin’s geographic spheres of action. (3) Continuities and changes both in Menghin’s biography and in a broader political and scientific context in Austria and Argentina. (4) Menghin’s scope of action and the extent of his responsibility for crucial and often dire developments in all these facets.

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Robert Obermair, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Methodological and Theoretical Reflections Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3 Early Years Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
4 Studying in Vienna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
5 On the Way to an Academic Career Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
6 The Years of the First Austrian Republic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
7 The Golden Age of the Catholic Nationals: the Austrofascist Years Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
8 The “Annexation” and Menghin’s Rise to Even Higher Merits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
9 The National Socialist Years – a Compliant Scientist at the Peak of his Career Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
10 Denazification, Imprisonment and Flight Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	396
11 A Second Career Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	490
12 Coming to Terms with the Past? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	532
13 Menghin’s Last Years and his Legacy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	570
14 Résumé: An Adaptable Scientist with a Political Agenda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	589
15 Annex Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	597
16 Sources and Literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	603
17 Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	667

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Historians of contemporary history, transnational history and the history of science, archaeologists and prehistorians
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 675
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 36
- Tables: 0
Keywords: Contemporary history; National Socialism; perpetrators

eBook

Published: December 31, 2023
ISBN: 9783111057309

Hardcover

Published: December 31, 2023
ISBN: 9783111053202