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Totale Institutionen – Psychiatrien im 19. Jahrhundert am Beispiel der k.k. Provinzial-Irren-Heilanstalt Hall in Tirol
Get PDFThe following seminar-paper is about mental asylums as “total institution”. The example of Hall will be used to show the four important aspects of Erving Goffman’s definition of a total institution. Finally, it discusses whether the Psychiatry Hall can be outlined as one
Sakoku. Ökonomische Anpassungen des Tokugawa-Shōgunats von 1639–1853.
Get PDFDuring the period of Edo (1603–1868), Japan was dominated and ruled by the Tokugawa Dynasty. In fact this family ruled the country on its own and provided every Shōgun in the modern age. In the era of the third Shōguns reign – Tokugawa Iemitsu – Japan got into a term of forclosure which at least took 200 years, today known as ‚Sakoku‘ (1639–1853). The purpose of this paper is to examine the economic and social conditions in order to consist as a souvereign country during this period of isolation. The focus to answer this question thereby lies on food supply, foreign commerce and the external relations of the Shōgunat
Brandbekämpfungstechnologie und Feuerwehren – Das Zusammenspiel von Technologie und Gesellschaft am Fallbeispiel Tirol
Get PDFThe following seminar-paper is about the impact technology had on the development of fire fighting institutions in the 19th century. Along with the Industrial Revolution the urge to be protected from fire catastrophes was growing. In this paper I argue that the invention and use of new technologies in fighting fire lead to the development of institutions such as “Freiwillige Feuerwehren”. But, as will be shown, the new form of organization overtook the spread of the new technologies rapidly, especially in rural areas. Due to the expensive and train-extensive technology fire fighters in rural areas had to operate with primitive technology far up in the 20th century
Die Außenpolitik der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und ihr Bekenntnis zum multilateralen Internationalismus
Get PDFU.S. foreign policy and its commitment to multilateral internationalism In the present paper I will argue that the Truman and the Eisenhower Administration, in dealing with post-war Germany, the Soviet Union and the Cold War, followed a policy of multilateral internationalism. After having introduced this concept in the first part, the second part will deal with the question whether the reorientation that George W. Bush has brought about in U.S. foreign policy has fundamentally altered its basic focus on multilateral internationalism. Based on an analysis of Barack Obama\u27s foreign policy it will be argued against such an alleged profound change
Das Protestantenpatent von 1861 als Schlüsseldokument Österreichischer Geschichte (?)
Get PDFThe Protestant patent from 1861as a key document of Austrian History (?) This paper deals with the question, whether the Austrian Protestant patent from 1861 is a key document of Austrian history or not. During this analysis arguments should be collected for an adequate appraisal. Especially the relation between state/nation and church in different “regions” and to different times will be discovered to reason the political intentions of the patent. Therefore it’s necessary to study the particular paragraphs of the document and to combine them with the historical situation(s). It becomes clear, that the patent is a product of a transition period (between neoabsolutism and liberalism) and of the regional confessional influences
Die Bedeutung der Falken(-jagd) für das Hofleben im Mittelalter
Get PDFThis paper deals with the significance of falcons at medieval courts using the example of Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg. In a letter to his son-in-law Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg, he has to deny the delivery of some falcons as Albrecht himself has no appropriate ones at his court. This paper examines, why Falcons were important as valuable objects and gifts. It is discussed how falconry could influence prestige and politics in the Middle Ages
Verschwender, Kriegsherr und Landesfürst. Albrecht VI. von Habsburg (1418–1463)
Get PDFThe follwing seminar paper is about Archduke Albrecht VI, brother to emperor Frederick III. Regarded as „villain“ in traditional historiography, which failed to value his substantial and successful efforts to improve his position as „prince without principality“, it will be shown that this assessment has its roots in his conflicts with his imperial brother. For an impartial observer, he pursued his aims with the means of a realpolitik. Although he still hast to be regarded as a minor figure in Austrian history, his expample tells a lot about the possibilities and constraints of a Late Medieval prince
The Most Serene Republic of Venice. The Republican Venetian court in the 15th and 16th century
Get PDFThe following proseminar-paper works on the question whether there was a monarchic court and an equivalent courtly culture in Renaissance Venice despite its Republican constitution. The seafaring nation disposed of several aristocratic institutions which dealt with the political everyday business of the Republic, but strikingly the doge still appeared as an official leader. In this context, the following analysis focuses on the geostrategic and historical conditions, the economics of the city state as well as the Venetian constitution and the representational function of the doge and his wife, the dogaressa, in a plurality of cultural ceremonial acts in order to depict the evolution of the Most Serene Republic of Venice of the 15th and 16th century
Als Vorarlberg zur Schweiz gehören wollte
Get PDFThe following paper deals with the ambitions of the westernmost federal state of Austria, Vorarlberg, to join Switzerland after World War I. It examines the activities of the pro-Switzerland movement. The main focus is put on the events between 1918 and 1920. Furthermore, the development of Vorarlberg as a part of the new Austria is discussed