Cell Theory and Religious Worldview in the 19th Century: A Study on Theodor Schwann's Unpublished Works

19世纪的细胞理论与宗教世界观：西奥多·施万未出版作品研究

• 批准号: 391061466
• 负责人: Dr. Florence Vienne
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Abteilung für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften mit Schwerpunkt Pharmaziegeschichte
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2016-12-31 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/391061466?language=en
• 关键词: Cell; Theory; Religious; Worldview; 19th

Besides the theory of evolution, cell theory is regarded as biology´s crucial contribution to a modern, secular world view. But whereas Darwins complex relationship with religion has been a topic in history of science for a long time, the bearing of religion on cell theory has hardly been studied so far. This project aims at a contribution to close this gap. It focuses on the unpublished works of the German founder of cell theory, Theodor Schwann (1810-1882), which have received little attention yet. On the basis of his manuscripts from the 1840s to the 1870s, interrelations between his research and his catholic worldview will be closely investigated and placed in a broader cultural context. Schwanns oeuvre will be examined as part of an intellectual current of the second half of the nineteenth century that both rejected a democratic reshaping of society and an understanding of man and nature detached from religion. Parallels and differences between Schwanns ideas and other alternatives to the materialist concepts of this era will be highlighted by a comparison with the writings of Matthias Schleiden (1804-1881). Overall, the project aims to open up a new perspective on the relations between biology, religion and politics in the nineteenth century.

除了进化论，细胞理论被认为是生物学对现代世俗世界观的重要贡献。达尔文与宗教的复杂关系是科学史上的一个长期话题，但宗教对细胞理论的影响迄今为止几乎没有人研究。该项目旨在为缩小这一差距做出贡献。它集中在细胞理论的德国创始人西奥多·施万（1810-1882）的未发表的作品，这些作品还没有受到多少关注。在他19世纪40年代至70年代的手稿的基础上，他的研究和他的天主教世界观之间的相互关系将被密切调查，并放置在一个更广泛的文化背景。施万的全部作品将被视为19世纪后半叶知识潮流的一部分，这一潮流既拒绝民主重塑社会，也拒绝脱离宗教对人与自然的理解。通过与马蒂亚斯·施莱登（Matthias Schleiden，1804-1881）的著作进行比较，我们将突出施万的思想与这个时代唯物主义概念的其他替代品之间的相似之处和差异。总的来说，该项目的目的是开辟一个新的视角，生物学，宗教和政治之间的关系在十九世纪。