von Kondratowitz Hans-Joachim
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Z Gerontol Geriatr. 2015 Apr;48(3):210-4. doi: 10.1007/s00391-015-0881-4. Epub 2015 Apr 16.
Since the beginning of the nineteenth century, the history of science in modern Germany has been characterized by a development going in opposite directions. The old scientific disciplines with their traditional Gestus of knowledge acquisition are in contrast to new sciences resulting from external pressures, combining and mobilizing different areas of knowledge, which challenge former dominances and help to establish new open disciplines. However, gerontology in Germany is in this respect a clear latecomer and can only cast off the impact of medicine in the twentieth century to some extent. This article describes this process by the superposition of different lines of tradition, which have long-term effects reaching into the history of the early Federal Republic of Germany.
自19世纪初以来，现代德国的科学史呈现出一种朝着相反方向发展的态势。那些有着传统知识获取方式的古老科学学科，与因外部压力而产生的新科学形成了鲜明对比，这些新科学融合并调动了不同的知识领域，挑战了以往的主导地位，并有助于建立新的开放学科。然而，德国的老年学在这方面显然是后来者，直到20世纪才在一定程度上摆脱医学的影响。本文通过不同传统路线的叠加来描述这一过程，这些传统路线的长期影响一直延伸到德意志联邦共和国早期的历史。
