650 Jahre Universität Wien – Aufbruch ins neue Jahrhundert

Die Wiener Medizin, von schweren Belastungen aus der NS-Zeit geprägt, durchlief in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts ebenso tiefgreifende wie komplexe Wandlungsprozesse. Hierzu trugen neben wissenschaftlichen Innovationen und Netzwerken auch politische Strukturveränderungen sowie sozioökonomische, rechtliche und kulturelle Entwicklungen bei. Die exemplarische Analyse dieser Transformationen, Neupositionierungen und Interdependenzen ist Gegenstand dieses Buches. Es versammelt hierzu über 40 Autorinnen und Autoren aus Medizin, Medizingeschichte, Pflegegeschichte, Zeitgeschichte, Architekturgeschichte, Ethik, Soziologie, Psychotherapie, Kunst, Kunstgeschichte, Musikwissenschaft und Literaturwissenschaft.
Viennese medicine, marked by heavy burdens from the Nazi era, underwent processes of change in the second half of the 20th century that were as profound as they were complex. In addition to scientific innovations and networks, political structural changes as well as socioeconomic, legal and cultural developments contributed to this. The exemplary analysis of these transformations, repositionings and interdependencies is the subject of this book. It brings together more than 40 authors from the fields of medicine, medical history, nursing history, contemporary history, architectural history, ethics, sociology, psychotherapy, art, art history, musicology and literary studies.

The 650th anniversary of the founding of the University of Vienna provides an opportunity to sharpen our views on evolving university structures and to analyze the dynamics of knowledge transformation. This volume examines the recent history of the scientific disciplines and institutional structures at the University of Vienna. The focus is on the historical conditions and effects of scientific practices as perceived from within individual disciplines.