The twofold politics of psychiatry: Ernst Rüdin and the German delegation at the International Congress of Child Psychiatry in Paris, 1937
At the First International Congress of Child Psychiatry held in Paris in 1937, the German delegation was led by Ernst Rüdin, a fervent eugenicist, and president of the Society of German Neurologists and Psychiatrists (GDNP). Rüdin had a twofold political agenda: on the one hand, he acted beyond the...
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| Yayımlandı: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/rhei, |
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| Materyal Türü: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Dil: | Anglais |
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Revue d’histoire de l’enfance « irrégulière »
2016
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| Online Erişim: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Özet: | At the First International Congress of Child Psychiatry held in Paris in 1937, the German delegation was led by Ernst Rüdin, a fervent eugenicist, and president of the Society of German Neurologists and Psychiatrists (GDNP). Rüdin had a twofold political agenda: on the one hand, he acted beyond the medical community in the broader framework of German foreign policy which aimed at the expansion of Germany’s international reputation. On the other hand, he sought to secure the core claims of the GDNP as a professional body. It was his aim to integrate the newly emerging field of child psychiatry firmly into the broader field of psychiatry and neurology. The article reconstructs the politico-legal ramifications within which German physicians acted when attending professional conferences abroad and the broader context of the international congresses in Paris in 1937. Finally, it describes the impact of these contexts on the lectures of the German delegates. |
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