Civic and Economic Zoology in Nineteenth-Century Germany: The "Living Communities" of Karl Mobius Export

@article{citeulike:232184, abstract = {In an effort to broaden our analytical approach to nineteenth-century German science, this essay examines the intellectual and social worlds of the Kiel zoologist Karl Mobius from the late 1850s to the late 1870s. I first analyze Mobius's famous concept of the \"bioconose\" or biotic community, which appeared in an 1877 monograph on oyster-culture. Although this book seems to exemplify the conjunction between state and university that has dominated the historiography of German science, in fact, as I go on to argue, the conceptual framework it came from was largely developed earlier, when he worked as a schoolteacher and natural history activist in Hamburg. An analysis of Mobius's writings and activities during his fifteen years in Hamburg (1853-1868) shows that elements crucial to his community concept grew out of his varied activities in the civic setting. This \"civic zoology,\" I argue, is a crucial site for investigating both the development of biogeographical and ecological thinking in the later nineteenth century and the broader culture of science among the Burgertum of Wilhelmine Germany.}, author = {Nyhart, Lynn K.}, citeulike-article-id = {232184}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/236735}, journal = {Isis}, keywords = {19thc, civic\_zoology, germany, moebius, nationalism}, number = {4}, pages = {605--630}, posted-at = {2005-06-20 06:32:33}, priority = {2}, title = {Civic and Economic Zoology in Nineteenth-Century Germany: The \"Living Communities\" of Karl Mobius}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/236735}, volume = {89}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:232184 L3 - citeulike-article-id:232184 N2 - In an effort to broaden our analytical approach to nineteenth-century German science, this essay examines the intellectual and social worlds of the Kiel zoologist Karl Mobius from the late 1850s to the late 1870s. I first analyze Mobius's famous concept of the "bioconose" or biotic community, which appeared in an 1877 monograph on oyster-culture. Although this book seems to exemplify the conjunction between state and university that has dominated the historiography of German science, in fact, as I go on to argue, the conceptual framework it came from was largely developed earlier, when he worked as a schoolteacher and natural history activist in Hamburg. An analysis of Mobius's writings and activities during his fifteen years in Hamburg (1853-1868) shows that elements crucial to his community concept grew out of his varied activities in the civic setting. This "civic zoology," I argue, is a crucial site for investigating both the development of biogeographical and ecological thinking in the later nineteenth century and the broader culture of science among the Burgertum of Wilhelmine Germany. IS - 4 JF - Isis EP - 630 TI - Civic and Economic Zoology in Nineteenth-Century Germany: The "Living Communities" of Karl Mobius VL - 89 SP - 605 KW - 19thc KW - civic_zoology KW - germany KW - moebius KW - nationalism AU - Nyhart, Lynn PY - 1998/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/236735 ER -