The Virtues and Vices of Albert Naudé: Toward a History of Scholarly Personae

Paul, Herman

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“…31 Schlosserian moralism, Rankean objectivity, and Treitschkean patriotism continued to serve as coordinates on imaginary maps of the field, in relation to which historians could position themselves or their colleagues. 32 So how did personae relate to individual biographies? Two conclusions can be drawn.…”

Section: Waitz and Freytag: Two Personaementioning

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A missing link in the history of historiography: scholarly personae in the world of Alfred Dove

Paul

2019

History of European Ideas

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Drawing on the case of Alfred Dove (1844-1916), this article contributes to an emerging line of research on scholarly personae in the history of historiography. It does so by addressing the important but so far neglected question: What exactly does the prism of scholarly personae add to existing historiographical perspectives? The German historian Alfred Dove is an appropriate case study for this exercise, because historical scholarship in Wilhelmine Germany has been relatively well studied, from various angles. Most notably, it has been studied (1) through biographical lenses, (2) from institutional points of view, (3) as the cradle of 'scientific history', with special attention to historical methods of the sort codified by Ernst Bernheim, and (4) in relation to religious and political fault lines that divided the German Empire shortly after the Franco-Prussian War and the Kulturkampf. The thesis advanced in this article is that scholarly personae are a missing link between these four dimensions and therefore a theme of key importance for anyone trying to understand German historical studies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Section: Waitz and Freytag: Two Personaementioning

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A missing link in the history of historiography: scholarly personae in the world of Alfred Dove

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2019

History of European Ideas

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“…This implies that the third approach is particularly suited to examining clashes or tensions between generations, schools, traditions, or cultures, each with their own expectations regarding the virtues or skills characteristic of a scholar. 23…”

Section: Scholarly Personaementioning

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Introduction: Scholarly Personae in the History of Orientalism, 1870-1930

Paul¹

2019

Scholarly Personae in the History of Orientalism, 1870-1930

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In 1884, the Lebanese philologist Ibrahim al-Yaziji filed a harsh complaint about Arabic studies in Europe when he reproached the then just-deceased Reinhart Pieter Anne Dozy (1820-1883) for never having visited the Middle East. How could Dozy or any of his colleagues in Europe claim Arabic expertise without ever having heard the language spoken on the street or sought the opportunity to meet and learn from native speakers? Al-Yaziji dissociated himself from generations of European Arabists when he concluded:In spite of all research proficiency, in spite of the high ambitions, in spite of all patience in observing and writing, the man [Dozy] lacked the best means for understanding the Arabic language, the classical and the modern alike, because, to our knowledge, he has never traveled to one of the Arabic-speaking countries, such as Egypt or Syria, and conversed orally with only few Arabs, but learned the language solely from books, with the help of people among his fellow-countrymen whom are called Orientalists. 1 By the late nineteenth century, such complaints were voiced not only in the Middle East, but also among younger European Orientalists such as Ignác Goldziher and Martin

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“…When Huxley charged Richard Owen with not living up to Darwinian standards, he not only criticized his senior colleague in print, but also tried to block his election to the Royal Society Council on the ground that this would be a moral mistake (White 2003 : 54). Likewise, Max Lehmann, one of Ranke’s students, not only drew public attention to what he perceived as the “unscientific” working manners of his intended Marburg successor, Albert Naudé, but also worked behind the scenes to prevent his appointment (Lehmann 1894 : 129; Paul 2016a ). Consequently, there was no lack of ethical boundary work, defined as deliberate attempts to exclude colleagues suspected of “unethical” conduct from the realm of science (Wainwright et al 2006 ; Hesketh 2008 ).…”

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The Scientific Self: Reclaiming Its Place in the History of Research Ethics

Paul

2017

Sci Eng Ethics

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How can the history of research ethics be expanded beyond the standard narrative of codification—a story that does not reach back beyond World War II—without becoming so broad as to lose all distinctiveness? This article proposes a history of research ethics focused on the “scientific self,” that is, the role-specific identity of scientists as typically described in terms of skills, competencies, qualities, or dispositions. Drawing on three agenda-setting texts from nineteenth-century history, biology, and sociology, the article argues that the “revolutions” these books sought to unleash were, among other things, revolts against inherited conceptions of scientific selfhood. They tried to redefine the scientific self in their respective fields of inquiry by advocating particular catalogs of virtues or character traits. These ideals of selfhood, their contested nature notwithstanding, translated into practice in so far as they influenced hiring and selection policies and found their way into educational systems. The project of reclaiming the scientific self as an important subject of study in the history of research ethics is not an antiquarian pursuit, but related to an ethical question faced by scientists today: How are their scientific selves being shaped by funding schemes, research evaluation protocols, and academic hiring policies?

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The Virtues and Vices of Albert Naudé: Toward a History of Scholarly Personae

Cited by 17 publications

References 6 publications

A missing link in the history of historiography: scholarly personae in the world of Alfred Dove

A missing link in the history of historiography: scholarly personae in the world of Alfred Dove

Introduction: Scholarly Personae in the History of Orientalism, 1870-1930

The Scientific Self: Reclaiming Its Place in the History of Research Ethics

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