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Beyond Functionality. Technological Fascination and the German Public 1890 to 1914

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基本信息

批准号：
246589309
负责人：
Professor Dr. Helmuth Trischler, Ph.D.
金额：
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依托单位：
Deutsches Museum (DM)
依托单位国家：
德国
项目类别：
Research Grants
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
德国
起止时间：
2012-12-31 至 2018-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/246589309?language=en
关键词：
Beyond Functionality.Technological Fascination German

项目摘要

The project aims at an analysis of how German mass media during the Wilhemine era (1890 - 1914/18) enhanced the general public's fascination with new technologies. It will thus revise the common perception among scholars of a largely critical and hostile stance towards technological innovation in Germany during that time. The quantitative approach seeks to ensure a high degree of representativity while previously neglected topics of research in the history of technology come into focus. The project will differentiate two distinct forms of technological enthusiasm, namely the "technologically sublime" and the individual fascination for speed. It will thus go beyond the simplistic dichotomy of criticism vs. fascination. The guiding question is whether during the "long turn of the century" a specifically German form of the "technologically sublime" came into being, especially with respect to airships, civil engineering, and large ocean steamers. Were these technologies symbols of a national identity, and did they display a certain preference for collective instead of individual virtues? Building on contemporary criticism concerning the "mechanization" of all walks of life and with regard to sociological research dealing with the public acceptance of technology, the project will propose the thesis that during this particular period of modernization fascination rather than functionality has dominated the cultural perception and appropriation of technology.

该项目旨在分析德国大众媒体在Wilhemine时代（1890 - 1914/18）如何增强公众对新技术的迷恋。因此，它将改变学者们对当时德国技术创新持批评和敌对态度的普遍看法。定量方法旨在确保高度的代表性，而以前被忽视的技术史研究主题成为焦点。该项目将区分两种不同形式的技术热情，即“技术崇高”和个人对速度的迷恋。因此，它将超越简单的批评与迷恋的二分法。指导性的问题是，在“漫长的世纪之交”期间，一种特殊的德国形式的“技术崇高”是否出现了，特别是在飞艇、土木工程和大型远洋轮船方面。这些技术是一种民族认同的象征吗？它们是否表现出对集体美德而非个人美德的某种偏好？基于对各行各业“机械化”的当代批评，以及关于公众接受技术的社会学研究，该项目将提出这样的论点：在这个特殊的现代化时期，对技术的文化感知和挪用主要是迷恋而不是功能。