Professzionalizáció és férfiasságethosz az osztrák és a magyar történetírásokban

Absztrakt

Mann) in Central European historiographical discourses at the turn of the nineteenth century. Strongly tied to the professionalization of German historiography, the concept appeared not only in scholarly texts but also as a recurring motif in obituaries, commemorative speeches, and institutional narratives. Depending on context, notions of wholeness and completeness in these sources would signify the harmony between scholarly and journalistic activity, the integration of the artistic and scientific dimensions of historiography, as well as a balance within the scholar’s personality between rigor and emotion, the power of reason and gentleness. The paper demonstrates how this ethos became a means of legitimizing the masculine character of the historical profession, incorporating into scholarly merit not only professional authority but also ideals of biological, psychological, and social masculinity. Austrian and Hungarian examples, including writings by Hans Schlitter, Heinrich von Srbik, and Árpád Károlyi, reveal that the professional quality of the historian was often defined through ideals of manhood. The ethos thus functioned both as a cohesive force within male communities and as a boundary marker separating “serious” scholarship from those regarded as dilettantish, feminine, or foreign.