Oswald Menghin : : Science and Politics in the Age of Extremes / / Robert Obermair.

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 20th century and how...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2024 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2023]
©2024
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 675 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Methodological and Theoretical Reflections
  • 3 Early Years
  • 4 Studying in Vienna
  • 5 On the Way to an Academic Career
  • 6 The Years of the First Austrian Republic
  • 7 The Golden Age of the Catholic Nationals: the Austrofascist Years
  • 8 The “Annexation” and Menghin’s Rise to Even Higher Merits
  • 9 The National Socialist Years – a Compliant Scientist at the Peak of his Career
  • 10 Denazification, Imprisonment and Flight
  • 11 A Second Career
  • 12 Coming to Terms with the Past?
  • 13 Menghin’s Last Years and his Legacy
  • 14 Résumé: An Adaptable Scientist with a Political Agenda
  • 15 Annex
  • 16 Sources and Literature
  • 17 Index