Monarchy and corruption debates in the long 19th century (ca. 1780-1830 and 1890-1930)

漫长的 19 世纪（约 1780-1830 和 1890-1930）中关于君主制和腐败的争论

• 批准号: 533454753
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Jens Ivo Engels
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Fachgebiet für Neuere und Neueste Geschichte
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/533454753?language=en
• 关键词: Monarchy; corruption; debates; long; 19th

The subject of the research project is the significance of corruption debates for the monarchy in the long 19th century. During this period, the monarchy was often portrayed either as the cause of corruption or as an uncorruptible solution to the problem. In particular, the project will examine the significance of corruption debates and scandals for the legitimacy of the monarchy and in what way they contributed to the modernisation of its self-image. With this project, historical research on corruption and the history of the monarchy will be linked for the first time. Both branches of research have undergone significant methodological development in recent years, which makes the combination of perspectives very fruitful. In this era, debates on corruption were always also debates on modernisation avant la lettre. Moreover, they reflected the changing understanding of the state, changing social norm systems and moral concepts. The literature to date suggests the initial hypothesis that corruption-related criticism of monarchy dominated around 1800, while corruption-related legitimation strategies of monarchy were more successful around 1900. However, this assumption must be critically examined, as there are also findings that deviate from this in each case. Special attention is paid to the relationship between support/criticism of the institution of monarchy in relation to the individual behaviour of monarchs as well as to the gender-historical dimension. Public debates with contributions from critics, supporters and representatives of the monarchy in Germany (Prussia and Bavaria), France and Great Britain are examined. This also includes monarchist movements in the Third French and Weimar Republics. The empirical work concentrates on two periods. The first sub-project focuses on the phase of revolutions and reforms in the decades around 1800 (ca. 1780-1830), the second takes a look at the early 20th century (ca. 1890-1930). At least one joint article with the project leader summarises the partial results.

该研究项目的主题是腐败辩论在漫长的19世纪对君主制的意义。在这一时期，君主制经常被描绘成腐败的根源，或者是解决问题的不可腐败的办法。特别是，该项目将研究腐败辩论和丑闻对君主制合法性的重要性，以及它们如何促进其自我形象的现代化。通过该项目，将首次将腐败历史研究与君主制历史联系起来。近年来，这两个研究分支都经历了重大的方法论发展，这使得观点的结合非常富有成效。在这个时代，关于腐败的辩论也总是关于现代化的辩论。此外，它们还反映了对国家的理解、社会规范体系和道德观念的变化。迄今为止的文献表明，最初的假设是，与腐败有关的君主制批评在1800年左右占主导地位，而与腐败有关的君主制合法化战略在1900年左右更为成功。然而，必须严格审查这一假设，因为在每一种情况下也有偏离这一假设的调查结果。 特别注意的是支持/批评君主制与君主的个人行为以及性别历史层面之间的关系。公开辩论的贡献，从批评者，支持者和代表的君主制在德国（普鲁士和巴伐利亚），法国和英国进行审查。这也包括第三法兰西共和国和魏玛共和国的君主主义运动。实证工作集中在两个时期。第一个子项目侧重于1800年前后几十年的革命和改革阶段。1780-1830年），第二个看一看20世纪初（约。1890-1930年）。至少有一篇与项目负责人的联合文章总结了部分结果。