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"Ein Quell des Wissens und innerer Bereicherung": Visuelle Gesundheitskommunikation in Fritz Kahns Das Leben des Menschen (1922-1931)

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This document is a part of the following document:
Gesundheitskommunikation und Geschichte: interdisziplinäre Perspektiven

Rössler, Patrick

Corporate Editor
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft e.V.

Abstract

In seinem fünfbändigen Werk "Das Leben des Menschen" erklärte der Mediziner Fritz Kahn (1888-1968) der bildungshungrigen Mittelschicht der Weimarer Republik die Anatomie, Biologie, Physiologie und Entwicklungsgeschichte des Menschen. Zwischen 1922 und 1931 veröffentlicht, gilt seine enzyklopädische ... view more

In seinem fünfbändigen Werk "Das Leben des Menschen" erklärte der Mediziner Fritz Kahn (1888-1968) der bildungshungrigen Mittelschicht der Weimarer Republik die Anatomie, Biologie, Physiologie und Entwicklungsgeschichte des Menschen. Zwischen 1922 und 1931 veröffentlicht, gilt seine enzyklopädische Gesamtdarstellung heute als eine der Meisterleistungen populärer Wissenschaftsvermittlung und - wegen der weit über 1.000 Abbildungen auf Tafeln - als ein Meilenstein der visuellen Kommunikation. Der Beitrag untersucht die Visualisierungsstrategien des Werkes und seine Vermittlungswege, auch im Hinblick auf aktuelle Ansätze der Gesundheitskommunikation.... view less


In his five-volume work "Das Leben des Menschen (The Life of Man)", the physician Fritz Kahn (1888-1968) explained human anatomy, biology, physiology and the history of human development to a middle class of the Weimar Republic that was longing for education. Published between 1922 and 1931, his enc... view more

In his five-volume work "Das Leben des Menschen (The Life of Man)", the physician Fritz Kahn (1888-1968) explained human anatomy, biology, physiology and the history of human development to a middle class of the Weimar Republic that was longing for education. Published between 1922 and 1931, his encyclopedic compendium is today considered one of the masterpieces of popular science and - because of the well over 1,000 illustrations on plates - a milestone of visual communication. The article examines the visualization strategies of the work and its ways of distribution, also with regard to current approaches to health communication.... view less

Keywords
health; information; visualization; communication; popularization; knowledge; Weimar Republic (Germany, 1918-33); twentieth century

Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of the Science of Communication
Medical Sociology

Free Keywords
Gesundheitsaufklärung; visuelle Kommunikation; Popularisierung von Wissen; Kahn, Fritz; Analogie; health education; visual communication; popularization of knowledge; analogies

Collection Title
Gesundheitskommunikation und Geschichte: interdisziplinäre Perspektiven

Editor
Reifegerste, Doreen; Sammer, Christian

Document language
German

Publication Year
2021

City
Stuttgart

Page/Pages
17 p.

Status
Primary Publication; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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